PORPHYRY-SHELL, noun An animal or shell of the genus Murex. It is of the snail kind, the shell consisting of one spiral valve. From one species of this genus was formerly obtained a liquor that produced the Tyrian purple.
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Webster's Dictionary 1828
American Dictionary of the English Language, Noah Webster, 1828.