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Medical Definition of Slit-shell

1. Any species of Pleurotomaria, a genus of beautiful, pearly, spiral gastropod shells having a deep slit in the outer lip. Many fossil species are known, and a few living ones are found in deep water in tropical seas. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

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