An Illustrated and Cross-Referenced Glossary of
Malacological and Conchological Terms
by Paul S
.
Mikkelsen
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Gastropod Shapes
Ordered Alphabetically
(or display shapes
listed with definitions
or
in a table, grouped by shape or type
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biconic
bulloid
coeloconoid
conical
convolute
cylindrical
cypraeiform
cyrtoconoid
dextral
discoidal
disjunct whorl
fusiform
globose
high-spired
hyperstrophic
involute
irregularly coiled
isostrophic
lenticular
loosely coiled
low spired
obconic
obovate
ovate
patelliform
planispiral
pupiform
sinistral
slipper-shaped
spindle-shaped
stromboid
tightly coiled
tubular
turbinate
turriculate
turriform
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