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Concho-spiral :: Concho-spiral (n.) A kind of spiral curve found in certain univalve shells.

Univalvular :: Univalvular (a.) Same as Univalve, a..

Tulip-shell :: Tulip-shell (n.) A large, handsomely colored, marine univalve shell (Fasciolaria tulipa) native of the Southern United States. The name is sometimes applied also to other species of Fasciolaria..

Pearl :: Pearl (n.) A shelly concretion, usually rounded, and having a brilliant luster, with varying tints, found in the mantle, or between the mantle and shell, of certain bivalve mollusks, especially in the pearl oysters and river mussels, and sometimes in certain univalves. It is usually due to a secretion of shelly substance around some irritating foreign particle. Its substance is the same as nacre, or mother-of-pearl. Pearls which are round, or nearly round, and of fine luster, are highly esteemed

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

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

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

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..

Sea Trumpet :: Sea trumpet () Any large marine univalve shell of the genus Triton. See Triton.

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

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

Varix :: Varix (n.) One of the prominent ridges or ribs extending across each of the whorls of certain univalve shells.

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

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

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

Beak :: Beak (n.) The prolongation of certain univalve shells containing the canal.

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

Labrum :: Labrum (n.) The external margin of the aperture of a shell. See Univalve.

Gyration :: Gyration (n.) One of the whorls of a spiral univalve shell.

Conch :: Conch (n.) A name applied to various marine univalve shells; esp. to those of the genus Strombus, which are of large size. S. gigas is the large pink West Indian conch. The large king, queen, and cameo conchs are of the genus Cassis. See Cameo..

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