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from The Century Dictionary.

  • A family of geophilous pulmonate gastropods, typified by the genus Punction, having the shell heliciform, the mantle submedian, the jaw disintegrated into many separate pieces, and the teeth peculiarly modified, represented only by medians and laterals, having the bases of attachment longer than wide, and the free parts narrowed and reflected.

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