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CURLY or WENTLE-TRAP
(Cirsotrema zelebori).
A pure white shell up to 1 in. in height, beautifully ornamented in ladderlike patterns. The empty shell is often washed ashore in great numbers on our ocean beaches.
by Arthur William Baden Powell, Assistant Director, Auckland Institute and Museum.