sea snail
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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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 • Aug. 10, 2025
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 • Jul. 23, 2025
The molecule came from the Conus magus, a sea snail found in the deep sea.
From Salon • May 21, 2025
They are attached to it “comme une vignette sur son caillou” — “like a sea snail on its pebble.”
From Washington Post • Oct. 25, 2018
It is sometimes called the sea snail, and is found on the marine grass in harbours, as well as in the open sea.
From Beautiful Shells of New Zealand An Illustrated Work for Amateur Collectors of New Zealand Marine Shells, with Directions for Collecting and Cleaning them by Moss, E. G. B.
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