Turbo sazae

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Turbo sazae, also known by its Japanese name sazae (サザエ), is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk, in the family Turbinidae, the turban snails.MolluscaBase (2018). Turbo sazae Fukuda, 2017. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=994353 on 2018-12-28 Despite being commonly eaten in Japan, it had long been confused with Turbo cornutus and with Turbo japonicus before Fukuda (2017) pointed it out.{{cite journal |last1=Fukuda |first1=Hiroshi |date=16 May 2017 |title=Nomenclature of the horned turbans previously known as Turbo cornutus [Lightfoot], 1786 and Turbo chinensis Ozawa & Tomida, 1995 (Vetigastropoda: Trochoidea: Turbinidae) from China, Japan and Korea |journal=Molluscan Research |volume=37 |issue=4 |pages=268–281 |doi=10.1080/13235818.2017.1314741 |bibcode=2017MollR..37..268F |s2cid=90591196 }}

Distribution

This species occurs in South Korea and Japan.

Culinary Use

Sazae is enjoyed as a delicacy in Japan. After cooking, the corkscrew-like mollusk can be drawn out of its shell using its hard operculum, or hard, rocky lid, to which it is firmly attached. The operculum is not edible, and must be discarded along with the animal's shell after eating.

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Category:Turbinidae