Shuttle Shell
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“A gastropod of the family Ovulidae and genus Radius, as R. volva, of long fusiform shape, the ends of the lips being greatly drawn out; so called from the resemblance to a weavers’ shuttle.” -Whitney, 1911
Keywords
Mollusca, mollusk, Gastropod, mollusc, sea shell, marine animal, shuttle shell, shuttle-shell, weaver's shuttle, Ovulidae, Radius volvaGalleries
Snails and SlugsSource
William Dwight Whitney The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language (New York, NY: The Century Co., 1911)
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