Siliquaria
noun
Sil·i·qua·ria
ˌsiləˈkwa(a)rēə
: a genus of worm shells (family Vermetidae) sometimes placed in a separate family and comprising forms that differ from those of the genus Vermetus in having a continuous slit or row of clefts or pores throughout the whorls of the shell
Word History
Etymology
New Latin, from Latin siliqua pod, husk + New Latin -aria