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{{Concept
|label=hyperstrophic
|lexical category=adjective
|etymology=Greek <i>hyper</i>, above; <i>strophe</i>, twist
|definition=([[Mollusca]]: [[Gastropoda]]) In dextrally organized [[gastropods]], characterized by [[genitalia]] on right, but [[shell]] falsely [[sinistral]], being actually [[ultradextral]], or vice versa.
}}
{{Concept scheme relation
|scheme=Dictionary of Invertebrate Zoology
}}