Advolute

adj

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Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Having or being a (mollusc) spiral shell in which the whorls touch along a line (but do not overlap).

    "[...] of the same whorl, measured in a line parallel to the plane of bilateral symmetry; in a gyroconic or advolute shell, the most dorsal point most [...]"

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"[...] of the same whorl, measured in a line parallel to the plane of bilateral symmetry; in a gyroconic or advolute shell, the most dorsal point most [...]"

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