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planorbiconic

adj · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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adj

Meaning 1

Having a relatively flat spiral shell (intermediate between serpenticonic and spheroconic) in which the whorls touch (evolute to involute) and get larger as they get further from the center, causing the shell to have the profile of a mushroom when viewed from the side, without being so wide or involute that it is cadiconic.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: biology, malacology, natural-sciences

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Etymology

From planorbicone + -ic.