Scalaria

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

  Scalaria \Sca*la"ri*a\, n. [L., flight of steps.] (Zool.)
     Any one of numerous species of marine gastropods of the genus
     {Scalaria}, or family {Scalaridae}, 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}.
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