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chiocciole di mare
snails, sea snails
Chiocciole di mare, or sea snails, can be many different species of whelks, limpets, etc. Also known as bomboletti, maruzzelle, garusolo or lumachine di mare.
bummalitte: sea snails cooked in a tomato sauce; an Abruzzese speciality often served at a panarda.
Chiocciole is the Tuscan word for lumache—snails (and also the Italian name for the @ sign).
Text © Dana Facaros & Michael Pauls
Image by Rusty Clark