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top shell
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top shell [¦täp ‚shel]
(invertebrate zoology)
Any of the marine snails of the family Trochidae characterized by a spiral conical shell with a flat base.
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The present study strongly supports the close relationships between ACA species and top shells in their early life stages.
The settlement cues of an articulated coralline alga Marginisporum ... by Hayakawa, Jun; Kawamura, Tomohiko; Ohashi, Satoshi; Horii, Toyomitu; Watanabe, Yoshiro / Journal of Shellfish Research
The Aramoana cups (albeit glazed in a shade more likely to call to mind thoughts of tropical beaches than the Otago Harbour) had sides decorated with the Zediloma arida top shells swathes of which can line the Spit beaches after some high tides.
Sand gets everywhere: Madeleine Child & Philip Jarvis by White, Moira / Ceramics Art & Perception
Snap off the top shells and remove and discard the black stomach sac and lacy grey edging around the scallops.
Ainsley Harriott's Big Cook Out: Part Three - Put a zing into summer; ... by Harriott, Ainsley / The Mirror (London, England)
 
 
 
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