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A class of marine cephalate Mollusca having a tubular shell open at both ends, a pointed or spadelike foot for burrowing, and many long, slender, prehensile oral tentacles. It includes Dentalium, or the tooth shells, and…

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  1. A class of class="def-link" href="https://vividlex.com/word/marine">marine cephalate Mollusca having a tubular shell open at both ends, a pointed or spadelike foot for burrowing, and many long, slender, prehensile oral tentacles. It includes Dentalium, or the tooth shells, and other similar shells. Called also Prosopocephala, and Solenoconcha.
  2. A class of class="def-link" href="https://vividlex.com/word/marine">marine cephalate Mollusca having a tubular shellopen at both ends, a pointed or spadelike foot for burrowing, andmany long, slender, prehensile oral tentacles. It includes Dentalium,or the tooth shells, and other similar shells. Called alsoProsopocephala, and Solenoconcha.
  3. n. small class of class="def-link" href="https://vividlex.com/word/bilaterally">bilaterally symmetrical marine forms comprising the tooth shells