What is a genus of univale shells, abundant in tropical seas. Some species, as Columbella mercatoria, were formerly used as shell money called?
columbella — A genus of univale shells, abundant in tropical seas. Some species, as Columbella mercatoria, were formerly used as shell money. (Webster's 1913.)
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- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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