page_title: List of edible molluscs
section_title: Gastropods (snails)
hierarchical_section_title: List of edible molluscs / Marine species / Gastropods (snails)
caption_attribution_description: Buccinid whelks for sale at a fish market in Japan. Left&#160;: Ma-tsubu (Ma="legitimate" or "orthodox")(Neptunea polycostata Scarlato, 1952) for sashimi - 200yen per 100ｇ. Middle&#160;: Tōdai-tsubu (Tōdai=lighthouse)(Buccinum inclytum Pilsbry, 1904) for boiling - 400yen per green basket, 700yen per red. Right&#160;: Iso-tsubu (Iso=seashore)(Buccinum middendorffi Verkruzen, 1882) for boiling - 600yen per green basket, 900yen per blue. ja:店に並ぶツブ。左の「真つぶ貝」はエゾボラ、中央の「灯台つぶ貝」はヒモマキバイ、右の「磯つぶ貝」はエゾバイ。
context_page_description: This is a partial list of edible molluscs. Molluscs are a large phylum of invertebrate animals, many of which have shells. Edible molluscs are harvested from saltwater, freshwater, and the land, and include numerous members of the classes Gastropoda, Bivalvia, Cephalopoda, and Polyplacophora.
  Many species of molluscs are eaten worldwide, either cooked or raw. Some mollusc species are commercially exploited and shipped as part of the international trade in shellfish; other species are harvested, sold and consumed locally. Some species are collected and eaten locally but are rarely bought and sold. A few species of molluscs are not commonly eaten now, but were eaten in historical or prehistoric times.
  The list is divided into marine and non-marine species, and within those divisions, the lists are primarily arranged taxonomically, so that related species are grouped together.
context_section_description: These sea snails are edible; some are listed by genus, others by species and others by their common name.
  Most species of abalone, including:
  Abalone
  Black abalone
  Blacklip abalone
  Green abalone
  Green ormer
  Haliotis corrugata
  Red abalone
  White abalone
  Pāua
  Many species of true limpets, including:
  Cellana exarata
  Cellana sandwicensis
  Patella caerulea
  Patella ferruginea
  Patella rustica
  Patella ulyssiponensis
  Patella vulgata
  Many species of winkles, including:
  Austrolittorina antipodum
  Common periwinkle
  Littorina sitkana
  and other species in the family Littorinidae
  Many species of conchs, including:
  Lobatus gigas
  Laevistrombus canarium
  Some rock snail species, including:
  Chorus giganteus
  Concholepas concholepas
  Turbo bruneus
  Turbo cornutus
  Turbo intercostalis
  Tectus niloticus
  Many species of whelks, Buccinidae, including:
  Channeled whelk
  Lightning whelk
  Knobbed whelk
  Other sea snail groups:
  Bullacta exarata, a bubble snail
  Amphibola crenata, an air-breathing mud snail
caption: Several different species of large whelks in the family Buccinidae on sale at a fish market in Japan
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