Pteroceras

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Pteroceras \Pte*roc"e*ras\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. ? a wing + ? a
     horn.] (Zool.)
     A genus of large marine gastropods having the outer border of
     the lip divided into lobes; -- called also {scorpion shell}.
     [1913 Webster]