ancyloconic

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English[edit]

An ancyloconic shell.

Adjective[edit]

ancyloconic

  1. (malacology, of a shell or fossil) Having a shell which is initially a spiral, but then (like a hamitoconic shell) extends in a long straight section, curves, and extends again, as some Ancyloceratina do.