perriwinkle

Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris

n.


See quotation. The mostpopular form in Melbourne is Turbo undulatus, Chemnitz. T. constricta is also called the Native Whelk.

1882. Rev. J. E. Tenison-Woods, `Fish and Fisheries of NewSouth Wales,' p. 122:

« Trochocochlea constricta, Lam., is used as a substitutefor the British perriwinkle, but it is only consumed to a verysmall extent.»

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