""'Tasmadaphne spicula " "'is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Raphitomidae.
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Occasionally one of these slender spicula-like denticles is somewhat separated from the adjoining denticle, and where this occurs it gives to the row the appearance of a central denticle.
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The origin of the genus name, " " Spiculaea " ", is unclear but " spicula " is a Latin word meaning " an ear of grain " and the specific epithet " ciliata " is a Latin word meaning " eyelash " or " eyelid ".
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Ammianus talks of a variety of missiles being thrown by the Alamanni in the battle : " spicula " ( a kind of long " pilum "-type javelin, also known as an angon ), " verruta missilia " ( short throwing-spears ) and " ferratae arundines " ( probably darts and franciscas : throwing-axes ).
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