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It may come in shells (5)

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I believe the answer is:

pasta

(Other definitions for pasta that I've seen before include "Linguine, e.g." , "The stuff of spaghetti, macaroni etc" , "Flour and water foodstuff" , "Staple Italian food base" , "Rigatoni, tortellini etc" .)

I've seen this clue in The New York Times.
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