A cockle is an edible, marine bivalve mollusc. The cockle and mussel catch fetches a handsome sum. The sand and mud flats have large numbers of bivalve molluscs including the edible cockle. Black iguana, mangrove cockle and queen conch are poached for consuming their meat. The shells of scallops, clams, and cockle are burnt in kilns to produce edible lime. The term "coquina" comes from the Spanish word for "cockle" and "shellfish". Conchology (from "konkhos", "cockle") is the study of mollusc shells. Instead of corn, he now reaps corn cockle and weeds. Catching common cockle and common razor shells is prohibited since 1990. Lytham is the location of the Foulnaze cockle fishery. Other common names in English are edible cockle and common edible cockle. A shell room was created with conches and cockle shells over a four-month period. The estuaries of the Loughor and Towy provide pickings for the cockle industry. He attended Cockle Bay Primary in Howick, Auckland.