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An Illustrated and Cross-Referenced Glossary of Malacological and Conchological Terms |
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| by Paul S. Mikkelsen | |||
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| Term | Definition |
| CONTIGUOUS | Touching each other, as in the WHORLS of some gastropods in which the whorls rest upon or touch each other; see: DISCONTIGUOUS; DISCONTINUOUS; DISTAL; PROXIMAL. | |
| DISCONTIGUOUS | Not touching each other, as in the whorls of some gastropods in which the whorls are separated and do not rest upon or touch each other; see: CONTIGUOUS; CONTINUOUS; WHORL, DISJUNCT; GYROCONIC. | |
| WHORL, DISCONTIGUOUS | Having subsequent WHORLS not touching the previous; = WHORL, DISJUNCT; = GYROCONIC. | |
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