̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˈdeləˌdē, ˌ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷- noun plural
Usage: capitalized
Etymology: New Latin, from Pyramidella, type genus (from Latin pyramid-, pyramis pyramid + -ella ) + -idae — more at pyramid
: a large family of marine snails (suborder Taenioglossa) having a conical or turreted dextrally coiled shell but with the apical whorls or embryonic shell sinistrally coiled, a long retractile proboscis, and no radula