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Onycha
Onycha, or Blatta Byzantina, is the fingernail-like operculum, or closing flap, of certain snails, including Onyx marinus, Strombus lentiginosus, and Unguis odoratus. It is the upper part of a shell called by the Latins Conchylium.
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