Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Italian term or phrase:
Chiavi di San Pietro
English translation:
pelican\'s foot
Italian term
Native in: Hungarian 
Works in: English to Hungarian, Italian to Hungarian, Hungarian to Italian, and 1 more.
Chiavi di San Pietro
"Su un sasso messe ad asciugare luccicano alcune conchiglie, orecchie di mare, telline rosa e viola, chiavi di San Pietro..." (p. 59. Claurio Magris, Microcosmi)
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Feb 13, 2012 08:07: Isabelle Johnson changed "Level" from "Non-PRO" to "PRO"
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Proposed translations
pelican's foot
http://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aporrhais_pespelecani
http://www.flickr.com/photos/defolletz/sets/72157605664433831/
| Greeeeat thanks! And yes, the flickr photo has the venetian dialect (I guess it is Venetian, or surroundings) |
Italy
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Native in: English (Variant: British) 
Works in: Italian to English
Keys of St Peter
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www.europe2020.org/spip.php?article623... - Traduci questa pagina
23 Oct 2009 – ANTICIPATIONS 2012 - '20-UP AND 15-DOWN', THIRTY FIVE KEY TRENDS .... [11] The Triestan writer Claudio Magris, musing on these sites, suggested that ...... though the painting nonetheless features St. Peter's Church looming ...... [112] Norman Davies, Microcosm: Portrait of a Central European City, ...
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Shera Lyn Parpia
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Thanks Shera Lyn
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Giles Watson
: The "chiave di San Pietro" is definitely a shellfish.
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Discussion
I don't know how reliable this is. "Telline" are called "wedge shells" in English, and their colour is usually described as purple, rather than "violet". "Chiave di San Pietro" is not a kind of scallop. I phoned a restaurant in Grado where they were able to describe the creature. It's got a long shell - think hermit crab - with a couple of protuberances at the bottom that make it look vaguely like a key.
FWIW