tooth shell

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tooth shell

Any of various burrowing marine mollusks of the class Scaphopoda, having a long, tapering, slightly curved tubular shell. Also called scaphopod, tusk shell.

tooth shell

(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) another name for the tusk shell

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tooth shell - any of various seashore mollusks having a tapering tubular shell open at each end and a foot pointed like a spade for burrowing

tusk shell

scaphopod - burrowing marine mollusk

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class Scaphopoda
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Mollusca
phylum Mollusca

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