1) Deep-sea mollusk
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1) Shell 2) Staircaseshell
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clade Hypsogastropoda informal group Ptenoglossa | superfamilia = Epitonioidea | familia = Epitoniidae | familia_authority = Berry, 1910 (1812) | type_genus = Epitonium | type_genus_authority = P. F. Röding, 1798 | diversity_link = Diversity of gastropods | diversity_ref = | diversity = about 630 species | synonyms_ref = | synonyms = Wentletraps ...
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• (n.) Any one of numerous species of elegant, usually white, marine shells of the genus Scalaria, especially Scalaria pretiosa, which was formerly highly valued; -- called also staircase shell. See Scalaria.
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any marine snail of the family Epitoniidae (subclass Prosobranchia of the class Gastropoda), in which the turreted shell—consisting of whorls that ... [1 related articles]
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Wen'tle·trap` noun [ Dutch
wenteltrap a winding staircase; confer German
wendeltreppe .] [ Obsolete] Any one of numerous species of elegant, usually white, marine shells of the genus Scalaria, especially
Scalaria pretiosa , which was formerly highly valued; -- called also
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The wentletraps (Scalaria) are a genus of marine gastropod molluscs (shell fish) related to Turritella. The shell is very attractive, being usually of a pure lustrous white colour and a spiral in shape with many whorls.
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