Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The typical genus of clubshells of the family Cerithiidæ. The species are numerous. C. obtusum is an example.
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Examples
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I sent them in search of the shell, and they returned bringing me some living specimens of different shells, chiefly _littorina_ and _cerithium.
Sketches of the Natural History of Ceylon James Emerson Tennent 1836
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