sea snail

noun

1. Also called: snailfish. any small spiny-finned fish of the family Liparidae, esp Liparis liparis, of cold seas, having a soft scaleless tadpole-shaped body with the pelvic fins fused into a sucker

Example Sentences

Ben Cooper has been a fisherman in Whitstable on the north Kent coast since 1997, and relies heavily on the common whelk, a type of sea snail.

From BBC

She got down on her hands and knees and was astonished to realize she had stumbled upon a rare species of sea snail, Janthina janthina .

From Los Angeles Times

The molecule came from the Conus magus, a sea snail found in the deep sea.

From Salon

Red abalone are large, edible sea snails that are considered a delicacy.

From Los Angeles Times

Acidic water also weakens the shells of organisms like sea snails and sea urchins.

From Science Daily