gyroconic

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English[edit]

a shell of Spirula spirula is gyroconic: it has disconnected whorls.

Etymology[edit]

gyro- +‎ conic

Adjective[edit]

gyroconic (not comparable)

  1. (malacology) Having or being a (mollusc) spiral shell which is conic (wider on the open end) and in which the whorls do not touch.

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