weavers' shuttle

plural weavers' shuttles

1. An East Indian marine univalve shell (Radius volva).

   Of the Ovulidae, the most curious is the "Weaver's-shuttle" ( Radius volva ) , in which the shell is peculiarly beaked at both ends .

   1908, British Museum (Natural History). Department of Zoology, A Guide to the Shell and Starfish Galleries, page 15

   1 more example

   But the most siingular shell belonging to this group is the Waver's Shuttle, (Radius volva,) in which each end of the lip is produced into a very slender canal, longer than the body of the shell itself.

   1861, Annual Report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution,, page 195

   Synonyms: shuttle volva