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spur-shell

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English Wikipedia has an article on:

Trochidae

English Wikipedia has an article on:

Astraea (gastropod)

Wikispecies has information on:

Trochidae

Wikispecies has information on:

Astraea

Noun

spur-shell (plural spur-shells)

(dated) Any of several species of conical gastropod shells in the family Trochidae and genus Astraea in family Turbinidae, the margin of the shells being toothed somewhat like the rowel of a spur.

References

“spur-shell”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

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