In Argentina and more countries of America it is a vulgar way of naming the "vulva", for some association with the shape of the leaflet of mollusks. It can also come from a deformation of the Spanish "coña" or "coño", or by association with the Roman goddess Venus or Venera (mythological exponent of femininity), which was depicted being born from the sea from a shell.
Shell may be the shell of the turtle or the armadillo. Shell is the leaflet that covers an oyster or a Mussel. In Colombia, it also means crust, mother-of-Pearl, effrontery, impudence, apathy, slowly, sinverguenceria, cover sinverguenzura. Colombia is also a surname of Spanish origin. Name of a President of Colombia ( José Vicente Concha Ferreira ) and a Colombian Cardinal ( Luis Concha Córdoba, son of the previous ). In Colombia also say shell or Conchita women called Consuelo ( although used more of apocope Connie ) and conception.
