Sca`la´ri`a

(Zool.) Any one of numerous species of marine gastropods of the genus Scalaria, or family Scalaridæ, having elongated spiral turreted shells, with rounded whorls, usually crossed by ribs or varices. The color is generally white or pale. Called also ladder shell, and wentletrap. See Ptenoglossa, and Wentletrap.

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, published 1913 by G. & C. Merriam Co.

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A cavea tinha 12 fileiras de assentos dispostas em 18 niveis (12 dos quais ainda estao preservados), com escadas (scalaria) correndo entre os blocos (cunei).

Games, spetacles and competitions in Roman Palestine/Jogos, espetaculos e competicoes na Palestina romana

Type species Scalaria millecostata Pease, 1861, by original designation.

Richard ('Dick') Neil Kilburn (1942-2013): bibliography and listings of new taxa named by him and in his honour

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