Trochus

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

  Trochus \Tro"chus\, n.; pl. {Trochi}. [NL., fr. Gr. ? a wheel.]
     (Zool.)
     Any one of numerous species of marine univalve shells
     belonging to {Trochus} and many allied genera of the family
     {Trochidae}. Some of the species are called also {topshells}.
     [1913 Webster]