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paucispiral
paucispiral adj. 
/ˌpɔːsᵻˈspʌɪrl̩/, /ˌpɑsəˈspaɪrəl/ (of a mollusc's operculum or shell) having few whorls.
Brit. /ˌpɔːsᵻˈspʌɪrəl/
, /ˌpɔːsᵻˈspʌɪrəl//ˌpɔːsᵻˈspʌɪrl̩/U.S. /ˌpɔsəˈspaɪrəl/
, /ˌpɔsəˈspaɪrəl//ˌpɑsəˈspaɪrəl/ΘΚΠ
the world > animals > invertebrates > subkingdom Metazoa > grade Triploblastica or Coelomata > phylum Mollusca > [adjective] > of parts of molluscs > of shell or parts of shell
testaceous1668
trivalvous1681
articulate1685
tabulous1734
concamerated1747
costated1751
ribbed1752
multivalve1753
umbilical1755
multivalved1759
trichite1765
right-handed1776
ventricose1777
unequivalved1788
sinistral1803
white-lipped1813
white-mouthed1815
turriculated1822
umbonial1824
turreted1826
siphunculated1828
columellar1829
sinistrorsal1830
canaliferous1834
spirivalve1835
turrited1835
versant1839
mitriform1843
paucispiral1843
turriculate1843
siphuncled1847
ventricous1850
camerated1851
convolute1851
perforated1851
parietal1854
septiferous1854
planorbiform1856
planorboid1856
trivalved1856
turrite1856
siphunculate1875
turriform1875
umbonic1877
costate1881
interlocular1888
varicated1891
lirate1894
evolute1896
1843 Penny Cycl. XXV. 386/1 Operculum membranous; paucispiral on the left border; the rest of its lamellæ obliquely transverse.
1946 H. Woods Palæontol. Invertebr. (ed. 8) 278 The operculum is..sometimes formed of a large number of whorls (multispiral) as in Trochus, or of a few whorls (paucispiral) as in Littorina.
1990 Jrnl. Molluscan Stud. 56 239/1 All four species have lecithotrophic development which is reflected in their inflated paucispiral protoconchs.
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