rosary shell

English

a rosary shell (Monodontia labio)

Noun

rosary shell (plural rosary shells)

1. The shell of any marine gastropods of the genus Monodonta. They are top-shaped, bright-coloured and pearly.

Further reading

• Monodonta on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Monodonta on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Monodonta on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• “rosary”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.