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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun The typical genus of Cancellariidæ, having an oval cancellated shell with the last whorl ventricous, aperture oblong and canaliculated, canal short, and columella obliquely plicate. There are many species, of which C. reticulata is an example.

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