Proboscidifera

·noun ·pl A subdivision of the taenioglossate gastropods, including the fig-shells (Pyrula), the helmet shells (Cassis), the tritons, and allied genera.

II. Proboscidifera ·noun ·pl An extensive division of pectinibranchiate gastropods, including those that have a long retractile proboscis, with the mouth at the end, as the cones, whelks, tritons, and cowries. ·see ·Illust. of Gastropoda, and of Winkle.