Arcella

Arcella
/ahr sel"euh/, n.
a genus of freshwater, ameboid protozoa that secrete a hard, umbrellalike shell having a single opening through which the pseudopodia extend.
[1838; < NL, equiv. to L arc(a) a chest, box + -ella dim. suffix]

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