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Slit-shell

Slit"-shell"\, n. (Zo["o]l.) 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.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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