Rhachiglossa

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

  Rhachiglossa \Rhach`i*glos"sa\, n. pl. [NL. See {Rhachis}, and
     {Glossa}.] (Zool.)
     A division of marine gastropods having a retractile proboscis
     and three longitudinal rows of teeth on the radula. It
     includes many of the large ornamental shells, as the
     {miters}, {murices}, {olives}, {purpuras}, {volutes}, and


     {whelks}. See Illust. in the Appendix.
     [1913 Webster]