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

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..

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

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

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

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.

Whorl :: Whorl (n. & v.) A volution, or turn, of the spire of a univalve shell..

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

Peritreme :: Peritreme (n.) The edge of the aperture of a 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..

Lip :: Lip (n.) One of the edges of the aperture of a univalve shell.

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