An Illustrated and Cross-Referenced Glossary of
Malacological and Conchological Terms
by Paul S. Mikkelsen

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Composite Gastropod

The illustration depicts the exterior ventral view of a shell of a hypothetical composite gastropod,
with a multitude of features and sculptural elements displayed and described via links to definitions...  click on the terms!
SPIRE ANGLE AXIS PROTOCONCH NUCLEAR WHORLS GROWTH LINES VARIX AXIAL STRIAE AXIAL LAMELLAE PUNCTATE KEEL CARINA SUTURAL SLOPE SMOOTH (NO SCULPTURE) SPINE COLUMELLA CANCELLATE COSTATE DECUSSATE RETICULATE SUTURAL RAMP NODULE POSTERIOR OR ANAL CANAL ANAL NOTCH ANAL SINUS APERTURE OUTER LIP TOOTH OUTER APERTURAL LIP PERISTOME INNER APERTURAL LIP COLUMELLA SIPHONAL FASCIOLE PSEUDOUMBILICUS ANTERIOR SIPHONAL CANAL AXIS WIDTH DIAMETER APICAL ADAPICAL TELEOCONCH POSTNUCLEAR WHORLS CRENATE SUTURE INDISTINCT SUTURE CHANNELED SUTURE AXIAL RIB LONGITUDINAL RIB WHORL PERIPHERY SPIRAL CORD SPIRAL THREAD SPIRAL STRIA BEADED PUSTULOSE SHOULDER PARIETAL TOOTH PARIETAL SHIELD COLUMELLAR TOOTH COLUMELLAR FOLD COLUMELLAR PLAIT COLUMELLAR PLICAE UMBILICUS BODY WHORL BASE NECK HEIGHT LENGTH SPIRE POSTERIOR ANTTERIOR


See also: Gastropod Shell Morphological Features on the website Peter's Seashells by Peter Egerton


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