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half shell

–noun
either of the halves of a double-shelled creature, as of an oyster, clam, or other bivalve mollusk.

Origin:
1855–60, Americanism
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half shell  
n.  Either of the halves of a shell of a bivalve, such as an oyster.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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