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Carinaria

noun
Car·​i·​nar·​ia | \ ˌkarəˈna(a)rēə\

Definition of Carinaria

: a genus of oceanic heteropod mollusks having a thin glassy bonnet-shaped shell covering only the nucleus and gills

History and Etymology for Carinaria

New Latin, from Latin carina + New Latin -aria; from the shape of the shell

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