ANOMIIDAE
Jingle Shells

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• Anomia ephippium (Linne, 1758)

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NOTE: Most sea hares should be concidered as poisonous due to their diet. However I have found an exception to this rule:

• There are a few noted exceptions: However, Before eating such a sea slug, I would be very careful to find out exactly how this slug should be prepared! For example, do they remove the skin & digestive gland first?
• Information on the aplysidae is gleamed from Bill Rudman's " SeaSlug Forum"
• Article of Interest: Boiled Sea-Slugs. Thes more than likely are sea cucumers and not seslugs.

Aplysia kurodai
(Baba, 1937)

• It seems that in some parts of Japan, sea slugs such as Aplysia kurodai have eaten for many years but not as a staple food. Apparently, it tastes like octopus.

• Dolabella auricularia

• Tochuina tetraquetra
  (Dendronotacea)
  (Pallas, 1788)
  

"Tochni"

• The Kuril Indians eat the species raw or cooked.
• North Pacific from Northern Japan, Kuril Islands (Russia), Alaska, Canada, and south to California
• One of the largest nudibranchs, growing to about 300mm long. Feeds on octocorals, including sea pens, gorgonians and softcorals

APORRHAIDAE
Pelican's Foot

• Aporrhais pespelicani
  (Linne, 1758)

Common pelican's foot

• eaten in Adriatic

ARCIDAE
Arc Clams

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• Anadara diluvii
  (Lamarck, 1805)

Diluvial ark

• Andara granosa
  (Linne 1758)

Granular ark , Blood cockle, Blood clam, Fr. Arche, Japan Akagai, Es. Pepitona

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  • Acra granosa
  • Tegillarca granosa
• Preliminary Study on Suitable Environmental Conditions for Embryonic and Larval Development of Blood Clam Arca granosa

• Anadara inaequivalvis
  (Bruguiere 1789)

Inequivalve ark, Es - Arca desigual; Fr - Arche inéquivalve

• Anadara subcrenata
  (Lischke 1869)

Mogai clam, Half-crenate Ark, hen clam

• Arca imbricata
  ( Bruguiere 1789)

Mossy ark,

• Arca noae
  (Linnaeus, 1758)

Noah's ark, Japan: Noanohako

• Arca zebra
  (Swainson 1833),

Atlantic turkey wing

• Barbatia foliata (Forskal,1775)

File ark, Japan:Egai

• Scapharca broughtonii

• Scapharca subcrenata

• Senilia senilis
  (Linne 1758)

ARCTICIDAE
Arctica Clams

• Arctica islandica

ocean quahag, black clam, ocean clam

• Quahogs are a favorite of New Englanders for chowders, clam sauces, and the obscure Rhode Island reference of clamcakes (though most prefer the little neck clam for this

• Clinocardium nuttallii
  (Conrad, 1837)

Nuttall's Cockle, Heart Cockle

• Astraea (Lithopoma) undosa (Wood, 1828)

Wavy Turban;

Esp.: caracol panocha

• an edible species that is harvested for further canning process of the meat in north west Mexican Pacific coast (Ensenada). It is oriented for expot to asia and the local markets. Javier R.
• CITATION: J. of Food Sci., Vol. 67, No. 4, 2002
  Sensory and Texture Quality of Canned Whelk (Astraea undosa) Subjected to Tenderizing Treatments: AUTHOR(S): G.Y. Sanchez-Brambila, B.G. Lyon, Y.W. Huang, J.R. Franco Santiago, C.E. Lyon and K.W. Gates.
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• Bursa elegans
  Bursa (Tutufa) elegans
  (Sowerby I, 1835)

Elegant Frog Shell

BUCCINIDAE
Whelks

CARDIIDAE
Cockles

• Acanthocardia aculeata
  (Linnaeus, 1758, Linne 1767)
• Syn: Cardium aculeatum (Linnaeus, 1758)

European Spiny Cockle, An - Spiny cockle; Es - Marolo; Fr - Bucarde aiguillonnée

• Acanthocardia echinata
  (Linnaeus, 1758)

European Prickly Cockle, Es - Carneiro; Fr - Bucarde rouge

• Acanthocardia
  paucicostata (Sowerby, 1839)
• Syn: Sphaerocardium paucicostatum (Sowerby, 1839)

Poorly ribbed cockle, Es - Gurriato; Fr - Bucarde peu costulée

• Acanthocardia tuberculata
  (Linnaeus, 1758)
• Syn: Cardium tuberculatum (Linnaeus, 1758)
  Rudicardium tuberculatum (Linnaeus, 1758)

Tuberculate cockle; Es - Corruco; Fr - Bucarde tuberculée

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From Great Britain to Morocco and the Canary Islands. The Mediterranean.

France, Montinegro Coast

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• Cardites antiquatus (Linnaeus, 1758)
• Syn: Venericardia antiquata (Linnaeus, 1758)

• Cerastoderma edule
  (Linnaeus, 1758)

Common edible cockle; Es - Berberecho común; Fr - Coque commune

• Cerastoderma glaucum
  (Bruguière, 1789)
• Syn: Cardium lamarcki Reeve, 1844

Common edible cockle, Olive green cockle; Lagoon cockleEs - Berberecho verde; Fr - Coque glauque

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• Information on the Cassidae Family from Worldwide Conchology
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• Cassidaria echinophora
  (L., 1758)

Mediterranean Rugose (Spiny) Bonnet

• Cassidaria tyrrhena
  (Chemnitz, 1789)

Rugose Bonnet, Es - Casco tirreno; Fr - Casque tyrrhénien

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  • Cassidaria rugosa (Linnaeus, 1766)
  • Galeoda tyrrhena (Chemnitz, 1789)
• Spain: called Caracola, the soft parts of the mollusc are cut up into small pieces and broiled (AMG)

• Cassis cornuta
  (Linneaeus, 1758)

Horned helmut, Yellow helmut

• edible but apparently very tough requiring a lot of pounding to tenderize it first
• "Cassis cornuta for eating??" Molluscan.com
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• Cassis flammea
  (Linnaeus, 1758)

Flame Helmet

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• Cassis madagascariensis
  (Lamarck, JBP, 1822)

Emperor Helmet; King Conch
Japan: Kuchiguro- toukamuri

• Species is edible but apparently not consumed on a regular basis

• Cassis tuberosa
  (Linnaeus, 1758) -

Caribbean Helmet; King helmut

• This is the most common of the true helmets in the Caribbean; however it is rarer site in Florida
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• Phalium (Bezordicella) saburon
  (Bruguiere, 1792)

Saburon Bonnet

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• Phalium undulatum
  ??Semicassis granulata undulata
  (Gmelin, JF, 1791),

Mediterranean Bonnet

• Species List: Hardy's Internet Guide
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CHAMIDAE
Jewel Box Shells

• Chama macerophylla

• Conus gloriamaris

• Conus mediterraneus

• Conus planorbis

• Ensis minor

• Ensis directus

• Pharus legumen
  (Linnaeus, 1758)

bean solen

Reticulated Cowrie, Blotched Cowry

• eaten by the early Hawaiians

• C. Mauritiana
  (Linnaeus, 1758)

Humpback cowrie

• eaten by the early Hawaiians

• C. Tigris schilderiana

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• eaten by the early Hawaiians. In Hawaii they used to throw the
  large Hawaiian tiger cowries into a beach bonfire and then crack the shells
  to get the meat to eat. This evidence has been verified when searching old fire pits on the islands.