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Conch shells typically have a high spire and a noticeable siphonal canal (in other words, the shell comes to a noticeable point on both ends). Conches that are sometimes referred to as "true conches" are marine gastropods in the family Strombidae , specifically in the genus Strombus and other closely related genera.
Conch (US: / k ɒ ŋ k / konk, UK: / k ɒ n tʃ / kontch [1]), or conque, 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. Their natural conical bore is used to produce a musical tone. Conch shell trumpets have been played in many Pacific ...
"Listening to the sea shell" by Charles Victor Thirion Seashell resonance refers to a popular folk myth that the sound of the ocean may be heard through seashells , particularly conch shells. This effect is similarly observed in any resonant cavity , such as an empty cup or a hand clasped to the ear .
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, which has served a number of purposes throughout Japanese history , has been given a number of Japanese names depending on its function.
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Sea Shell from the Indian Ocean, Arabian Sea and bay of Bengal. The true Lakshmi shankha is a rare sinistral Turbinella conch shell from the Indian Ocean, usually from Turbinella pyrum. Other right-turning sea snail shells are often mistakenly sold and worshiped in place of the genuine shankha.
The outside color of the shell falls into the tan and light brown range, sometimes also pink; while both the inner and outer lips are cream, pink, or white. [4] While not much information is available regarding the Peruvian conch specifically, similar species in the same Genus have life spans of up to 40 years; while the majority live between ...
The hakgediya is a type of conch shell (the shell of a large marine gastropod mollusk) which is used as a kind of trumpet in the traditional ritualistic music and religious folk art-music of Sri Lanka, [1] which has been somewhat influenced by Indian music.