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Sutured :: Suture (n.) A seam, or impressed line, as between the segments of a crustacean, or between the whorls of a univalve shell..

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

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

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

Univalve :: Univalve (n.) A shell consisting of one valve only; a mollusk whose shell is composed of a single piece, as the snails and conchs..

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

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..

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

Marginella :: Marginella (n.) A genus of small, polished, marine univalve shells, native of all warm seas..

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

Abalone :: Abalone (n.) A univalve mollusk of the genus Haliotis. The shell is lined with mother-of-pearl, and used for ornamental purposes; the sea-ear. Several large species are found on the coast of California, clinging closely to the rocks..

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

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

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

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

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

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

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..

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

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

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