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  • A slim but shapely mollusc known as Terebellum or augur, to mention another conceited little disturber of your meditations, stands on its spire in the sand, and screws as you tread, cutting, a delightfully symmetrical hole in the sole of your foot, and retaining the core -- perfect as that of a diamond drill.

    My Tropic Isle 1887

  • Terebellum or augur, to mention another conceited little disturber of your meditations, stands on its spire in the sand, and screws as you tread, cutting, a delightfully symmetrical hole in the sole of your foot, and retaining the core — perfect as that of a diamond drill.

    My Tropic Isle 2003

  • Description des genres Tarrière (Terebellum), Ancillaria et Oliva.

    Lamarck, the Founder of Evolution His Life and Work 1872

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