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

by Paul S. Mikkelsen

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ABAXIAL   Away from the AXIS; opposite of ADAXIAL; see also: AXIAL.
   

ADAXIAL   Toward the AXIS; opposite of ABAXIAL; see also: AXIAL.
   

AXIAL   Pertaining to or more or less parallel to the axis of coiling in a gastropod shell; see also: ABAXIAL; ADAXIAL; SPIRAL.
   

AXIAL SCULPTURE   SCULPTURE running parallel to the axis of the gastropod shell; see also: CONCENTRIC SCULPTURE.
   

INCREMENTAL AXIAL   In gastropods, the GROWTH LINES between lines of AXIAL ribbing.
   

LAMALLA, AXIAL   [need definition]. See illustration: Composite Gastropod.
   

RIB, AXIAL   [need definition]. See illustration: Composite Gastropod. See also: SCLEROCHRONOLOGY; VARIX.
   

STRIA, AXIAL   [need definition]. See illustration: Composite Gastropod.
   


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