Difference between revisions of "anastrophic"
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|etymology=Greek <i>ana</i>, backwards; <i>strephein</i>, to turn | |etymology=Greek <i>ana</i>, backwards; <i>strephein</i>, to turn | ||
| − | |definition=([[Mollusca]]: Gastropoda) In Prosobranchia, as in Architectonica, pertaining to a heterostrophic shell with the protoconch coiled about the same axis as the teloconch and the nucleus directed toward the base of the shell. | + | |definition=([[Mollusca]]: [[Gastropoda]]) In Prosobranchia, as in Architectonica, pertaining to a [[heterostrophic]] [[shell]] with the [[protoconch]] coiled about the same [[axis]] as the teloconch and the [[nucleus]] directed toward the [[base]] of the [[shell]]. |
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