Tulip-shell

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

  Tulip-shell \Tu"lip-shell`\, n. (Zool.)
     A large, handsomely colored, marine univalve shell
     ({Fasciolaria tulipa}) native of the Southern United States.
     The name is sometimes applied also to other species of
     {Fasciolaria}.
     [1913 Webster]