Spur-shell

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

  Spur-shell \Spur"-shell`\ (sp[^u]r"sh[e^]l`), n. (Zool.)
     Any one of several species of handsome marine gastropod
     shells of the genus {Trochus}, or {Imperator}. The shell is
     conical, with the margin toothed somewhat like the rowel of a
     spur.
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