An Illustrated and Cross-Referenced Glossary of
Malacological and Conchological Terms

by Paul S. Mikkelsen

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Gastropod Shapes
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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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