noun (common) (futsuumeishi) word usually written using kana alone small spiral-shelled snail;spiral shellfish

noun (common) (futsuumeishi) word usually written using kana alone only applies to つぶ, ツブ whelk (esp. Neptunea and Buccinum spp.)

noun (common) (futsuumeishi) small spiral-shelled snail (esp. a pond snail)

Hougai

Horagai

noun (common) (futsuumeishi) word usually written using kana alone perplexed spindle (species of sea snail, Fusinus perplexus)