operculated
- a variation of operculate.
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They have an operculated shell which is usually green, often with brown bands.
From The Gutenberg Webster's Unabridged Dictionary Section P and Q by Project Gutenberg
Shell spirally coiled; head broad, without prominent tentacles; foot short, operculated; marine.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 5 "Gassendi, Pierre" to "Geocentric" by Various