Wing-shell

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

  Wing-shell \Wing"-shell`\, n. (Zool.)
     (a) Any one of various species of marine bivalve shells
         belonging to the genus {Avicula}, in which the hinge
         border projects like a wing.
     (b) Any marine gastropod shell of the genus {Strombus}. See
         {Strombus}.


     (c) Any pteropod shell.
         [1913 Webster]