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MOLLUSQUES ECAILLE [1 record]

Record 1 2022-01-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Seafood and Freshwater Food (Food Industries)
  • Mollusks, Echinoderms and Prochordates
CONT

Shellstock is any fresh, raw, in-shell molluscan shellfish [i.e. any edible species of oysters, clams, mussels, or scallops].

Key term(s)
  • shell stock

French

Domaine(s)
  • Produits de mer et d'eau douce (Industr. alim.)
  • Mollusques, échinodermes et procordés
OBS

mollusque en écaille; mollusque en coquille : désignations habituellement utilisées au pluriel.

Key term(s)
  • mollusques en écaille
  • mollusques en coquille

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Productos del mar y de agua dulce (Ind. alimentaria)
  • Moluscos, equinodermos y procordados
CONT

Los moluscos de concha se obtienen arrancándolos o rastrillándolos del fondo del mar (ostras, mejillones), o bien excavando en la arena en marea baja (almejas).

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