单词 | mitre shell |
释义 | > as lemmasmitre shell mitre shell n. [so called from the shape of the shell in many members of these families] any marine gastropod of the families Mitridae and Costellariidae. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > subkingdom Metazoa > grade Triploblastica or Coelomata > class Gastropoda > [noun] > superorder Branchifera > order Prosobranchiata > section Siphonostomata > family Mitridae > member of genus Mitra mitre shell1713 mitre1776 1713 J. Petiver Aquatilium Animalium Amboinæ 1/2 Voluta fluviatilis..River Miter-shell. 1753 Chambers's Cycl. Suppl. App. Mitre-shell, the English name of the smooth and slender buccinum, with a split rostrum. 1949 Sci. Monthly Nov. 323/2 In the spot where the mitre shell is busily inching along. 1980 P. Pechar et al. (title) Mitre shells from the Pacific and Indian Oceans. < as lemmas |
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