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དུང་དཀར

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white conch shell, or sea shell, symbol of blessedness of turning to the right [JV]


white conch shell. [RY]

1) conch, white conch. 2) white conch shell trumpet, trumpet of white conch. [RY]

Right-turning Conch Trumpet (front)
Right-turning Conch Trumpet (back)

(med) White conch shell, Rapana bezoar (Drungtso 1999). Rapana bezoar (Bezoar Rapa Whelk) is a species of Gastropoda in the family murex snails. Dead Bezoar Rapa Whelk form shallow marine sediments, the mineralized skeleton contains Calcium carbonate (eol.org). Johannes Schmidt (talk) 16:35, 28 November 2021 (UTC)