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Tectibranchiata :: Tectibranchiata (n. pl.) An order, or suborder, of gastropod Mollusca in which the gills are usually situated on one side of the back, and protected by a fold of the mantle. When there is a shell, it is usually thin and delicate and often rudimentary. The aplysias and the bubble shells are examples..

Sheller :: Sheller (n.) One who, or that which, shells; as, an oyster sheller; a corn sheller..

Cerite :: Cerite (n.) A gastropod shell belonging to the family Cerithiidae; -- so called from its hornlike form.

Globigerina :: Globigerina (n.) A genus of small Foraminifera, which live abundantly at or near the surface of the sea. Their dead shells, falling to the bottom, make up a large part of the soft mud, generally found in depths below 3,000 feet, and called globigerina ooze. See Illust. of Foraminifera..

Conchoidal :: Conchoidal (a.) Having elevations or depressions in form like one half of a bivalve shell; -- applied principally to a surface produced by fracture.

Ianthina :: Ianthina (n.) Any gastropod of the genus Ianthina, of which various species are found living in mid ocean; -- called also purple shell, and violet snail..

Props :: Props (n. pl.) A game of chance, in which four sea shells, each called a prop, are used instead of dice..

Coronal :: Coronal (a.) Of or pertaining to the shell of a sea urchin.

Tellina :: Tellina (n.) A genus of marine bivalve mollusks having thin, delicate, and often handsomely colored shells..

Shelling :: Shelling (n.) Groats; hulled oats.

Equivalved :: Equivalved (a.) Having the valves equal in size and from, as in most bivalve shells..

Prop :: Prop (n.) A shell, used as a die. See Props..

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

Shard :: Shard (n.) A piece or fragment of an earthen vessel, or a like brittle substance, as the shell of an egg or snail..

Spirality :: Spiral (a.) Anything which has a spiral form, as a spiral shell..

Feather-edge/ :: Feather-edge/ (n.) The thin, new growth around the edge of a shell, of an oyster..

Testudineous :: Testudineous (a.) Resembling the shell of a tortoise.

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

Limax :: Limax (n.) A genus of airbreathing mollusks, including the common garden slugs. They have a small rudimentary shell. The breathing pore is on the right side of the neck. Several species are troublesome in gardens. See Slug..

Bubble Shell :: Bubble shell () A marine univalve shell of the genus Bulla and allied genera, belonging to the Tectibranchiata..

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