slit-shell - Meaning and Examples

Meaning of 'slit-shell' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Slit-shell

[ n.]

- Any species of Pleurotomaria, a genus of beautiful, pearly, spiral gastropod shells having a deep slit in the outer lip. Many fossil species are known, and a few living ones are found in deep water in tropical seas.

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