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• cone shell — noun : cone 3 d; also : its shell * * * any of numerous, chiefly tropical, marine gastropods of the genus Conus, having a smooth, brightly colored, conical shell with a short, flattened spire. Also called cone snail. * * * cone shell noun A… …   Useful english dictionary

• top shell — noun 1. : any of various marine snails constituting the family Trochidae and having a spiral and usually regularly conical shell marked by a flat base and rhombic aperture and a multispiral operculum and sometimes used to make pearl buttons 2. :… …   Useful english dictionary

• cone shell — any of numerous, chiefly tropical, marine gastropods of the genus Conus, having a smooth, brightly colored, conical shell with a short, flattened spire. Also called cone snail. * * * ▪ marine snail  any of several marine snails of the subclass… …   Universalium

• Spike shell — Spike Spike, n. [Akin to LG. spiker, spieker, a large nail, D. spijker, Sw. spik, Dan. spiger, Icel. sp[=i]k; all perhaps from L. spica a point, an ear of grain; but in the sense of nail more likely akin to E. spoke of a wheel. Cf. {Spine}.] 1. A …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• top shell — ▪ gastropod family       any marine snail of the family Trochidae (subclass Prosobranchia, class Gastropoda), characterized by a spiral, conical shell. Although top shells are found from the intertidal zone to the deep open seas, they occur with… …   Universalium

• cone shell — noun a predatory marine mollusc with a conical shell. [Genus Conus: numerous species.] …   English new terms dictionary

• top shell — noun a marine mollusc having a low conical shell with a pearly interior. [Family Trochidae.] …   English new terms dictionary

• cone shell — /ˈkoʊn ʃɛl/ (say kohn shel) noun any of numerous chiefly tropical marine gastropods of the genus Conus, with a smooth conical shell, many of which are equipped with a poison gland and an injecting mechanism and are highly dangerous to handle …  

• The Shell Grotto — There is also a Shell Grotto in Margate.The Shell Grotto (sometimes called the Shell Hermitage) is a late 18th century stone built, slate roofed grotto decorated with shells and animal bones on the interior. It stands on a prominent ridge 700 ft… …   Wikipedia

• Tusk shell — The tusk shells or scaphopods are a class of marine mollusks which vary in size from very small to medium sized. The scientific name of this class is Scaphopoda, meaning shovel footed . These mollusks live on soft substrates offshore (usually not …   Wikipedia

• spindle shell — noun 1. also spindle stromb : any gastropod mollusk of the genus Tibia (family Strombidae) having a shell with a long conical many whorled spire and a long slender anterior canal 2. : a band shell of the genus Fusinus having a shell with a many… …   Useful english dictionary