我們這兒叫它做貢貢，不過我知道這是馬來音譯過來的，它的本名我不懂，請指教。它是我家每一個成員都喜愛的貝殼類，口感好像東風螺一樣，上次Iris來我們還一連吃兩次啊，超讚！
Can anyone tell me the name of this shellfish? In Singapore, we call it Gong Gong, but that is definitely Malay changed into English. And please don't tell me it is called clams, THAT I will not accept, heee... This clam is one of the BEST tasting and best texture shellfish that I have eaten, and my whole family loves it. When Iris came and visited us two months ago, we had it twice as appetizer. Yummmy!
Snail...escargot...
ReplyDeletehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Escargot
Gary
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Alice
ReplyDeleteEscargot... haaa... you WISH!
anonymous: HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA, that's a GOOD ONE, thanks!
ReplyDeleteLooks like a snail to me and escargot is a snail.
ReplyDelete牠的真實名字為海產, 呵
ReplyDelete要再吃啊
Alice
ReplyDeleteSnails ve many different shapes and types ga, look at the opening, escargots are rounder and bigger opening and no sharp flap :)
And there are sharp cone shape snails too
Sophie,
ReplyDeleteIt's a cone which is a gastropod which is a mollusc. There are 2 websites with pictures:
http://www.gastropods.com/Taxon_pages/Group_Cone.html
and
http://microseashell.com/seashell/main/default.htm
The 1st site is easier to navigate.
For the 2nd site, on the left panel, navigate down to Gastropoda and look for Conidae under Neogastropoda. You can click on all the selections on the right panel to view the pix.
Never knew there was so many types.
Hi Sophie!
ReplyDeleteGot it wrong about it being a cone. Alice was right about it being a snail.. in a way. It's a conch (also under Gastropod). And you will have to keep calling it a Gong Gong :)
Pictures and some description available in the following ChekJawa webpage:
http://www.wildsingapore.com/chekjawa/text/g421.htm