What is it?

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1. So, I had this today at a sushi restaurant in Rio. I asked for the chef’s specials and this was one of the sushi in it. The waiter said it is called Sotoorigai (not sure of spelling). I liked it a lot. I would like to know if it’s common and where else I can find it.

2. Maybe some sort of clam.. haven’t seen one like this.

3. This maybe? – https://sushiuniversity.jp/visual-dictionary/?Name=Japanese-egg-cockle-(Torigai)

4. Looks like a mussel

5. I vote tsubugai. Torigai has black towards the tip of the foot. This looks like snail to me.

6. Something that lived in a shell for sure

7. It’s definitely a clam or cockle. Most times when served as a nigiri, you only receive the foot. This restaurant has chosen to serve the whole clam – hence the siphons poking out the right side – and why it looks so non-traditional . Probably very tasty though.

8. Rabbit Clam, family of razor clam but smaller and more umami.

9. Gary the snail

10. It’s Gary! Look at how they massacred my boy, seriously though it looks good!

11. Looks like some kind of sushi. I’m not too much of an expert, but I do dabble.

12. Clam

13. [This dictionary](https://www.oceandictionary.jp/mmll/ml-je/mljeso.html) has “sotoorigai” translated as “littoral spoon clam”. I looked it up and apparently the scientific name is [Exolaternula spengler, Laternula limicola, or Laternula rostrata](https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1148687).

14. r/boogers