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moon shell
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moon shell
n.
Any of various marine gastropod mollusks of the family Naticidae, having a smooth rounded shell.
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Noun1.moon shell - marine gastropods having smooth rounded shells that form short spiresmoon shell - marine gastropods having smooth rounded shells that form short spires
moonshell
seasnail - any of several creeping marine gastropods with a spirally coiled shell: whelks; tritons; moon shells; neritids
family Naticidae, Naticidae - moonshells
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Here, results are presented from three field studies in eastern Maine to assess the importance of moon snail and green crab predation on wild and cultured individuals of the softshell clam.
Biotic and abiotic factors influencing growth and survival of wild ... by Beal, Brian F. / Journal of Shellfish Research
Moon snails troop past like pale-purple golf balls, drilling into older clams and making pencil-tip holes.
What's wrong with this picture? Healthy clams generally live beneath ... by Powell, Hugh / Oceanus
And now the sand is moon-drenched and bare; / A silent mermaid combs her hair, / Watching the ebb of the restless tide, / She waits for another sun to rise / When Kate will gather new treasurely finds - / Moon snails and agates and sea urchin spines - / And build another castle of sand.
Kate's Castle by Children's Bookwatch
 
 
 
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