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Algarve volute

Cymbium olla

Classification

Family
Volutidae

Cymbium olla, commonly known as the Algarve volute, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Volutidae, the volutes. The fermented and dried flesh, called ‘’yeet’’ has a pungent smell, and is used in the Senegalese traditional Thieboudienne. References Lowe R.

Distribution

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Spain · 117Netherlands · 1