strombite|ˈstrɒmbaɪt| [f. stromb + -ite.] A fossil stromb or some similar shell. 1811Pinkerton Petral. II. 199 Tubercular strombites.1828–32Webster, Strombite, a petrified shell of the genus Strombus.1843W. Humble Dict.Geol. etc. (ed. 2) 246 Strombites are very rare.