# 🐚 Spiral shell emoji

🐚 Spiral shell is an emoji in the sea life set of Animals & nature. It was added in Emoji 0.6 in 2010. Related words: animal, beach, conch and sea.

- Emoji: 🐚
- Unicode name: spiral shell
- Code points: U+1F41A
- Category: Animals & nature, Sea life
- Added: Emoji 0.6 (2010)
- GitHub shortcode: :shell:
- Keywords: animal, beach, conch, sea, shell, spiral
- Page: https://emojichart.com/spiral-shell-emoji

## What it means

Winding in a spiral, this seashell looks like a conch. It is used for the beach, shell collecting, seaside and ocean vacations, summer trips, and coastal or mermaid themes.

## How to type 🐚

- iPhone and iPad: Open the emoji keyboard, tap Search Emoji and type “spiral shell”.
- Android: In Gboard, tap the emoji button and search for “spiral shell”.
- Mac: Press Control–Command–Space (or Globe + E) and type “spiral shell”.
- Windows: Press Windows + . (period) and type “spiral shell”.
- GitHub: Type :shell: in an issue, pull request or comment.

## In other languages

| Language | Name | Keywords |
|---|---|---|
| Español (es) | caracola | caracola, concha, espiral |
| Français (fr) | coquille en spirale | animal, conque, coquillage, coquille, coquille en spirale, mer, plage, spirale |
| Deutsch (de) | Schneckenhaus | Muschel, Schneckenhaus, Strand, Tier |
| Italiano (it) | conchiglia | animale, conchiglia, conchiglia a spirale, mare, oceano, spiaggia |
| Português (pt) | caramujo | animal, caramujo, concha, concha do mar, concha em espiral |
| Nederlands (nl) | schelp | dier, schelp, spiraal, strand, zee |
| Svenska (sv) | snäcka | djur, snäcka, snäckskal |
| Polski (pl) | muszla spiralna | morze, muszelka, muszla, muszla spiralna, plaża, spirala, zwierzę |
| Türkçe (tr) | deniz kabuğu | deniz, deniz kabuğu, deniz sesi, hayvan, midye, okyanus, spiral deniz kabuğu |
| Русский (ru) | раковина | моллюск, раковина, ракушка, спираль, улитка |
| Українська (uk) | морська мушля | морська мушля, мушля, спіральна мушля, спіральний |
| Ελληνικά (el) | σπειροειδές κοχύλι | ζώο, θαλάσσιο κοχύλι, κοχύλι, παραλία, σπειροειδές |
| العربية (ar) | صدفة حلزونية | بحر, حيوان, شاطىء, صدفة, صدفة حلزونية, صفد |
| עברית (he) | צדף מסולסל | מסולסל, צדף, קונכיה |
| فارسی (fa) | صدف مارپیچی | صدف, صدف مارپیچی, مارپیچ |
| हिन्दी (hi) | गोल शंख | गोल शंख, पशु, शंख |
| বাংলা (bn) | ঝিনুকের খোলস | ঝিনুক, ঝিনুকের খোলস, পশুপাখি, সর্পিল |
| Bahasa Indonesia (id) | cangkang spiral | cangkang, kerang, laut, pantai, spiral |
| Tiếng Việt (vi) | vỏ xoắn ốc | bãi biển, động vật, vỏ, vỏ xoắn ốc, xoắn ốc |
| ไทย (th) | หอย | ทะเล, เปลือกหอย, สังข์, สัตว์, หาด |
| 日本語 (ja) | 巻き貝 | 動物, 巻き貝, 貝, 貝殻 |
| 한국어 (ko) | 달팽이집 | 달팽이 껍질, 달팽이집, 동물, 소라, 소라고둥, 조개껍데기 |
| 中文（简体） (zh) | 海螺 | 海螺, 螺, 螺旋 |
| 中文（繁體） (zh-Hant) | 海螺 | 動物, 海螺, 螺旋貝殼, 貝殼 |

More languages:

- Afrikaans (af): spiraalskulp
- Akan (ak): Ntwaho konkora
- Albanian (sq): guaskë spirale
- Amharic (am): ሽብልል የቀንድ አውጣ ሼል
- Anii (blo): ŋŋʊŋrere
- Armenian (hy): պարուրաձև խխունջախեցի
- Assamese (as): শামুকৰ খোলা
- Azerbaijani (az): spiral balıqqulağı
- Bashkir (ba): спираль ҡабырсаҡ
- Basque (eu): oskol espirala
- Belarusian (be): спіральная ракушка
- Bosnian (bs): spiralna školjka
- Breton (br): krogenn droellennek
- Bulgarian (bg): спирална раковина
- Burmese (my): ခရုခွံ
- Cantonese (yue): 螺
- Catalan (ca): cargol de mar
- Cherokee (chr): ᎠᏕᏲᎯ ᎠᏯᏍᎦᎸᎢ
- Chinese (Traditional, Hong Kong SAR China) (zh-Hant-HK): 貝殼
- Chuvash (cv): рак хуранӗ
- Croatian (hr): spiralna školjka
- Czech (cs): ulita
- Danish (da): konkylie
- Estonian (et): spiraalne teokarp
- European Portuguese (pt-PT): búzio
- Faroese (fo): skel
- Filipino (fil): pilipit na kabibe
- Finnish (fi): kotilo
- Galician (gl): bucina mariña
- Georgian (ka): სპირალური ნიჟარა
- Gujarati (gu): સર્પાકાર શેલ
- Hausa (ha): lanƙwasasshen ƙumba
- Hungarian (hu): tengeri csiga
- Icelandic (is): kuðungur
- Igbo (ig): okpokoro okirikiri
- Irish (ga): sliogán
- Javanese (jv): keong spiral
- Kalaallisut (kl): konkylie
- Kannada (kn): ಸ್ಪೈರಲ್ ಶೆಲ್
- Kazakh (kk): шиыршықты бақалшық
- Kazakh (Arabic) (kk-Arab): شيىرشىقتى باقالشىق
- Khmer (km): សម្បកខ្យង
- Kinyarwanda (rw): igikonoshwa
- Konkani (kok): चक्राकार शंख
- Kyrgyz (ky): үлүл кабыгы
- Kʼicheʼ (quc): Ub’olq’otim rib’ concha
- Lao (lo): ຫອຍ
- Latin American Spanish (es-419): caracola marina
- Latvian (lv): gliemežvāks
- Lithuanian (lt): susisukusi kriauklė
- Lower Sorbian (dsb): slinikowy konk
- Luxembourgish (lb): Spiralmuschel
- Macedonian (mk): спирална школка
- Malay (ms): kulit kerang berpilin
- Malayalam (ml): ചിപ്പി
- Maltese (mt): qoxra spirali
- Marathi (mr): नागमोडी शंख
- Mexican Spanish (es-MX): caracol marino
- Mongolian (mn): дунгийн хясаа
- Māori (mi): anga tōrino
- Nepali (ne): स्पाइरल सेल
- Nigerian Pidgin (pcm): Snel Shẹl
- Northern Sotho (nso): shele
- Norwegian (no): spiralskjell
- Norwegian Nynorsk (nn): spiralskjel
- Odia (or): କୁଣ୍ଡଳାକାର ଶାମୁକା
- Oromo (om): elellaa
- Pashto (ps): ګول سيپۍ
- Punjabi (pa): ਚੂੜੀਦਾਰ ਘੋਗਾ
- Punjabi (Arabic) (pa-Arab): مرغولے دی شکل آلا شیل
- Quechua (qu): muyusqa churu
- Romanian (ro): cochilie spiralată
- Romansh (rm): chasa da la lindorna
- Sardinian (sc): croca
- Scottish Gaelic (gd): slige shnìomhanach
- Serbian (sr): спирална шкољка
- Serbian (Latin) (sr-Latn): spiralna školjka
- Shan (shn): ၵၢပ်ႇႁွႆ
- Sindhi (sd): ور وڪڙ واري ڪوڏي
- Sinhala (si): සර්පිල කටුව
- Slovak (sk): špirálovitá mušľa
- Slovenian (sl): spiralna školjka
- Somali (so): xanjaleel wareegaya
- Spanish (United States) (es-US): concha espiral
- Swahili (sw): kombe la mzunguko
- Tajik (tg): садафи морпеч
- Tamil (ta): சிப்பி
- Telugu (te): శంఖాకృతి గవ్వ
- Tigrinya (ti): ዛዕጎል ባሕሪ
- Tongan (to): keleʻa
- Tswana (tn): kgapetla e e itshopang
- Turkmen (tk): spiral çaňňalak
- Upper Sorbian (hsb): šlinkowa chěžka
- Urdu (ur): مرغولے دار شیل
- Uyghur (ug): قۇلۇلە قېپى
- Uzbek (uz): spiral qobiq
- Welsh (cy): cragen droellog
- Wolof (wo): xoru espiraal
- Xhosa (xh): iqokobhe elijikelezayo
- Yoruba (yo): Onikaraun Pinpin
- Zulu (zu): igobolondo elizungezile

## Codes

| Format | Code |
|---|---|
| Code points | `U+1F41A` |
| HTML | `🐚` |
| CSS | `\1F41A` |
| JavaScript, Rust, Swift | `\u{1F41A}` |
| Python | `\U0001F41A` |
| UTF-8 bytes | `F0 9F 90 9A` |
| UTF-16 | `D83D DC1A` |
| URL encoded | `%F0%9F%90%9A` |

## Questions

### What does the 🐚 spiral shell emoji mean?

Winding in a spiral, this seashell looks like a conch. It is used for the beach, shell collecting, seaside and ocean vacations, summer trips, and coastal or mermaid themes.

### How do I type the 🐚 emoji?

On iPhone, iPad or Android, search the emoji keyboard for “spiral shell”. On a Mac press Control–Command–Space, and on Windows press Windows + period, then type the same words. You can also copy it from this page. On GitHub, type :shell:.

### When was the 🐚 emoji added?

🐚 was added in Emoji 0.6, released in 2010.

### What is the Unicode code point for 🐚?

U+1F41A. In HTML you can write 🐚, and in JavaScript, Rust or Swift \u{1F41A}.

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Source: Unicode Emoji 18.0 and Unicode CLDR 49.0.0. Emoji Chart · https://emojichart.com/spiral-shell-emoji