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Is Snail kosher?

No — Snail is not kosher under Jewish dietary law.

Not kosher. Land and sea snails are both prohibited — no fins, no scales.

Snail (Gastropoda)

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Scientific name
Gastropoda
Also known as
Escargot, Periwinkle, Whelk
Category
shellfish
Fins & scales
No fins ✗ , no scales ✗
Kosher status
Not kosher

About Snail

Gastropod molluscs with coiled shells. Escargot is prepared land snail. Conus geographus, popularly called the geography cone, geographer cone, or geographic cone, is a species of predatory cone snail. It lives in reefs of the tropical Indo-Pacific and hunts small fish. While all cone snails hunt and kill prey using venom, the venom of Conus geographus is potent enough to kill humans. The variety Conus geographus var. rosea G. B. Sowerby I, 1833 is a synonym of Conus eldredi Morrison, 1955. This species is the type species of : Gastridium Modeer, 1793 Rollus Montfort, 1810 Utriculus Schumacher, 1817 Conus geographus, popularly called the geography cone, geographer cone, or geographic cone, is a species of predatory cone snail. It lives in reefs of the tropical Indo-Pacific and hunts small fish. While all cone snails hunt and kill prey using venom, the venom of Conus geographus is potent enough to kill humans. The variety Conus geographus var. rosea G. B. Sowerby I, 1833 is a synonym of Conus eldredi Morrison, 1955. This species is the type species of : Gastridium Modeer, 1793 Rollus Montfort, 1810 Utriculus Schumacher, 1817 Shell description C. geographus has a broad, thin shell, cylindrically inflated. Geography cones grow to about 10 to 15 cm (4 to 6 in) in length. The size of an adult shell varies between 43 and 166 mm (1.7 and 6.5 in). The ground color of the shell is pink or violaceous white, occasionally reddish. It has a mottled appearance, clouded and coarsely reticulated with chestnut or chocolate, usually forming two very irregular bands. This intricate brown-and-white pattern is highly prized by shell collectors. The geography cone has a wide, violaceous white or pink aperture and numerous shoulder ridges or spines. The shell is covered with thread-like revolving...

Kosher ruling

Not kosher. Land and sea snails are both prohibited — no fins, no scales.

Source: Orthodox Union; Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 3.0); Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 3.0)

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