Criocone
adj, noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 An organism or fossil with a crioconic shell, or such a shell itself.
"Small planospiral criocones with partially coiled whorls (microconchs) or completely uncoiled (macroconchs). Whorl-section hexagonal, rounded up to round. The protoconch and the first whorl unknown, but [...]"
- 1 Crioconic.
"[...] disturbance to such a form might produce rapid acceleration in two ways — in shape, from serpenticone to criocone, in ornament, from tuberculate to costate, that is, costate post-tuberculate."
Example
More examples"Small planospiral criocones with partially coiled whorls (microconchs) or completely uncoiled (macroconchs). Whorl-section hexagonal, rounded up to round. The protoconch and the first whorl unknown, but [...]"
Etymology
From Ancient Greek κρῑός (krīós, “ram”) + cone.
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