basket shell
noun
1
: a bivalve mollusk of a family (Corbulidae) having unequal valves, the right usually larger, and a single large hinge tooth on each valve
called also basket clam
2
or less commonly basket whelk
: any of several marine snails (family Nassariidae) living on muddy bottoms and feeding on other mollusks
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