a carrier shell, spec. one (formerly) assigned to the genus Trochus (see trochus, n. 3a).
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| 释义 | the world > animals > invertebrates > subkingdom Metazoa > grade Triploblastica or Coelomata > class Gastropoda > [noun] > superorder Branchifera > order Prosobranchiata > section Holostomata > family Littorinidae > member of genus Phorus (3) carrier trochus1775 a carrier shell, spec. one (formerly) assigned to the genus Trochus (see trochus, n. 3a). mineralogist1851 Zoology. Any of various gastropods of the genus Xenophora (family Xenophoridae) which attach fragments of stone to their shells; = carrier shell n.… mason-shell1884 = carrier shell n. at carrier, n.1 compounds 3. |
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