||Sca*la"ri*a (?), n. [L., flight of
steps.] (Zoöl.) Any one of numerous species of marine
gastropods of the genus Scalaria, or family
Scalaridæ, having elongated spiral turreted shells, with
rounded whorls, usually crossed by ribs or varices. The color is
generally white or pale. Called also ladder shell, and
wentletrap. See Ptenoglossa, and
Wentletrap.
||Sca*la"ri*a (?), n. [L., flight of
steps.] (Zoöl.) Any one of numerous species of marine
gastropods of the genus Scalaria, or family
Scalaridæ, having elongated spiral turreted shells, with
rounded whorls, usually crossed by ribs or varices. The color is
generally white or pale. Called also ladder shell, and
wentletrap. See Ptenoglossa, and
Wentletrap.