Meaning | Any of several creeping marine gastropods with a spirally coiled shell: whelks; tritons; moon shells; neritids. |
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Narrower | limpet | Any of various usually marine gastropods with low conical shells |
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moon shell, moonshell | marine gastropods having smooth rounded shells that form short spires |
neritid, neritid gastropod | operculate seasnail of coastal waters with a short spiral shell |
periwinkle, winkle | edible marine gastropod |
triton | Tropical marine gastropods having beautifully colored spiral shells |
whelk | large carnivorous marine gastropods of coastal waters and intertidal regions having a strong snail-like shell |
Broader | gastropod, univalve | A class of mollusks typically having a one-piece coiled shell and flattened muscular foot with a head bearing stalked eyes |
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