rosary shell

English

a rosary shell (Monodontia labio)

Noun

rosary shell (plural rosary shells)

The shell of any marine gastropods of the genus Monodonta. They are top-shaped, bright-coloured and pearly.

Further reading

Monodonta on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Monodonta on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Monodonta on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
“rosary”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

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