fulgur canaliculata

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fulgur canaliculata - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Periwinkle \Per"i*win`kle\, n. [From AS. pinewincla a shellfish,
     in which pine- is fr. L. pina, pinna, a kind of mussel, akin
     to Gr. ?. Cf. Winkle.] (Zool.)
     Any small marine gastropod shell of the genus Littorina.
     The common European species (Littorina littorea), in Europe
     extensively used as food, has recently become naturalized
     abundantly on the American coast. See Littorina.
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     Note: In America the name is often applied to several large
           univalves, as Fulgur carica, and Fulgur canaliculata
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