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Megastome :: Megastome (n.) One of a group of univalve shells, having a large aperture or mouth..

Strombite :: Stromb (n.) Any marine univalve mollusk of the genus Strombus and allied genera. See Conch, and Strombus..

Trochus :: Trochus (n.) Any one of numerous species of marine univalve shells belonging to Trochus and many allied genera of the family Trochidae. Some of the species are called also topshells.

Goroon Shell :: Goroon shell () A large, handsome, marine, univalve shell (Triton femorale)..

Ear-shell :: Ear-shell (n.) A flattened marine univalve shell of the genus Haliotis; -- called also sea-ear. See Abalone.

Helicoid :: Helicoid (a.) Spiral; curved, like the spire of a univalve shell..

Mollusca :: Mollusca (n. pl.) One of the grand divisions of the animal kingdom, including the classes Cephalopoda, Gastropoda, PteropodaScaphopoda, and Lamellibranchiata, or Conchifera. These animals have an unsegmented bilateral body, with most of the organs and parts paired, but not repeated longitudinally. Most of them develop a mantle, which incloses either a branchial or a pulmonary cavity. They are generally more or less covered and protected by a calcareous shell, which may be univalve, bivalve, or m

Harpa :: Harpa (n.) A genus of marine univalve shells; the harp shells; -- so called from the form of the shells, and their ornamental ribs..

Bellerophon :: Bellerophon (n.) A genus of fossil univalve shells, believed to belong to the Heteropoda, peculiar to the Paleozoic age..

Holostomatous :: Holostomatous (a.) Having an entire aperture; -- said of many univalve shells.

Decollated :: Decollated (a.) Decapitated; worn or cast off in the process of growth, as the apex of certain univalve shells..

Columbella :: Columbella (n.) A genus of univalve shells, abundant in tropical seas. Some species, as Columbella mercatoria, were formerly used as shell money..

Cymbium :: Cymbium (n.) A genus of marine univalve shells; the gondola.

Dolium :: Dolium (n.) A genus of large univalve mollusks, including the partridge shell and tun shells..

Nucleus :: Nucleus (n.) The tip, or earliest part, of a univalve or bivalve shell..

Univalved :: Univalved (a.) Having one valve; as, a univalve shell or pericarp..

Columella :: Columella (n.) The upright pillar in the axis of most univalve shells.

Univalve :: Univalve (a.) Alt. of Univalve.

Cingulum :: Cingulum (n.) A distinct girdle or band of color; a raised spiral line as seen on certain univalve shells.

Discoid :: Discoid (a.) Having the form of a disk, as those univalve shells which have the whorls in one plane, so as to form a disk, as the pearly nautilus..

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