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from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A genus of gastropod mollusks belonging to the family Cerithiidæ, having high-turreted spiral shells with granulated spiral ribs. It is common in Jurassic, Cretaceous, and Tertiary rocks, and also exists in the present seas.
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