Turbinella

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

  Turbinella \Tur`bi*nel"la\, pr. n. [NL., dim. fr. L. turbo,
     -inis, a top.] (Zool.)
     A genus of large marine gastropods having a thick heavy shell
     with conspicuous folds on the columella.
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