carrier shell

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Xenophoridae

A carrier shell (Xenophora pallidula)

Noun edit

carrier shell (plural carrier shells)

Any marine snail of the family Xenophoridae, which cements stones and shell fragments to its own shell.
Synonym: mason shell

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