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also known as a "seashell horn" or "shell trumpet", is a wind instrument that is made from a conch, the shell of several different kinds of sea snails...

Neolithic era. The earliest of these primordial trumpets were adapted from animal horns and sea shells, and were common throughout Europe, Africa, India...

sacred chank or shankha shell (Turbinella pyrum) and other Turbinella species in the family Turbinellidae. The Triton's trumpet (family Charoniidae) may...

known as "dung-dkar". The Triton shell also known as "Triton's trumpet" Charonia tritonis which is used as a trumpet in Melanesian and Polynesian culture...

The Ranellidae, common name the triton shells or tritons, are a taxonomic family of small to very large predatory sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks...

Syrinx aruanus, common name the Australian trumpet or false trumpet, is a species of extremely large sea snail measuring up to 75 cm long and weighing...

paralytic shellfish poisoning with very similar symptoms and signs. The trumpet shell Charonia sauliae has been implicated in food poisonings, and evidence...

with its file-like radula. The shell is well known as a decorative object, and is sometimes modified for use as a trumpet (such as the Japanese horagai...

for a deaf or hard-of-hearing individual. Ear trumpets were made of sheet metal, silver, wood, snail shells or animal horns. They have largely been replaced...

preserver deity Vishnu. It is still used as a trumpet in Hindu ritual, and in the past was used as a war trumpet. According to Arunava Bose, "The shankha is...

initially split into two teams of ten: Foa Foa and Galu, both meaning "trumpet shell" and "wave" in Samoan respectively. The merged tribe, formed on day...

The Pokémon Company. Quilladin Pokédex entry: 'It relies on its sturdy shell to deflect predators' attacks. It counterattacks with its sharp quills.'...

consumption of the trumpet shell Charonia lampas. It is believed that the toxin is passed through the food chain, the trumpet shell having acquired it...

Triton’s Trumpet Shell held between the forelegs Or. Mantled Sable doubled Argent Escutcheon Sable a Cross Ermine between four Triton’s Trumpet Shells in saltire...

while a shell sounds out like a trumpet. However, in place of giving Quetzalcóatl the shell from Mictlantecuhtl he gives him a normal shell, without...

(山寺の蝉) Insects Yamagata Yamagata Prefecture "Matsu-no-Kanjin" conches (trumpet shells) (松の勧進の法螺貝) Matsuri Tsuruoka Yamagata Prefecture Swans at the mouth...

triton's trumpet, is a species of predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Charoniidae, the triton snails, triton shells, or tritons...

paralytic poisoning in Japan it was found that the victim had eaten a trumpet shell, Charonia lampas, which had acquired the toxin through its food chain...

Horagai (法螺貝) (or jinkai 陣貝) are large conch shells, usually from Charonia tritonis, that have been used as trumpets in Japan for many centuries. The instrument...

contexts, the shell is sometimes modified by having the tip of the spire cut off, so it can be blown as a ceremonial trumpet. Some shells used in this...