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Nautiloid :: Nautiloid (a.) Like or pertaining to the nautilus; shaped like a nautilus shell.

Lamella :: Lamella (n.) a thin plate or scale of anything, as a thin scale growing from the petals of certain flowers; or one of the thin plates or scales of which certain shells are composed..

Boat Shell :: Boat shell () A marine gastropod of the genus Crepidula. The species are numerous. It is so named from its form and interior deck.

Galea :: Galea (n.) A genus of fossil echini, having a vaulted, helmet-shaped shell..

Stoolball :: Stool (n.) Material, such as oyster shells, spread on the sea bottom for oyster spat to adhere to..

Mya :: Mya (n.) A genus of bivalve mollusks, including the common long, or soft-shelled, clam..

Fig-shell :: Fig-shell (n.) A marine univalve shell of the genus Pyrula, or Ficula, resembling a fig in form..

Foliated :: Foliated (a.) Having leaves, or leaflike projections; as, a foliated shell..

Corona :: Corona (n.) The shelly skeleton of a sea urchin.

Cardo :: Cardo (n.) The hinge of a bivalve shell.

Shelling :: Shelling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Shel.

Integropallial :: Integropallial (a.) Having the pallial line entire, or without a sinus, as certain bivalve shells..

Tusk-shell :: Tusk-shell (n.) See 2d Tusk, n., 2..

Multivalvular :: Multivalvular (a.) Many-valved; having more than two valves; -- said of certain shells, as the chitons..

Pearly :: Pearly (a.) Containing pearls; abounding with, or yielding, pearls; as, pearly shells..

Concavo-convex :: Concavo-convex (a.) Concave on one side and convex on the other, as an eggshell or a crescent..

Trochoid :: Trochoid (a.) Top-shaped; having a flat base and conical spire; -- said of certain shells.

Eggshell :: Eggshell (n.) The shell or exterior covering of an egg. Also used figuratively for anything resembling an eggshell.

Reach :: Reach (v. t.) To strike, hit, or touch with a missile; as, to reach an object with an arrow, a bullet, or a shell..

Seashell :: Seashell (n.) The shell of any marine mollusk.

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