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Webster 1913 Edition

Noun.

(Paleon.)

Any one of numerous species of small, conical fossil shells found in Paleozoic rocks. They are supposed to be pteropods.

tentaculite ‎(plural tentaculites)

(paleontology) Any of numerous species of small, conical shells found in Paleozoic rocks, fossils from the extinct genus Tentaculites.