shell-fish with a spiral shell
Ancient Greek word, found 15 times in the texts on Socratos.
Apollonius Rhodius, Argonautica 3.859: Κασπίῃ ἐν κόχλῳ ἀμήσατο φαρμάσσεσθαι,
Theocritus, Εἰδύλλια 22.75: Ἦ ῥʼ Ἄμυκος, καὶ κόχλον ἑλὼν μυκήσατο κοίλην.
Euripides, Iphigenia in Tauris 303: κόχλους τε φυσῶν συλλέγων τʼ ἐγχωρίους·