- heterostrophic
- het·er·o·stroph·ic
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heterostrophic
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heterostrophic — |hed.ərō|sträfik adjective 1. [Greek heterostrophos + English ic] : consisting of strophes differing in metrical form 2. [New Latin heterostrophus + English ic] : relating to or marked by heterostrophy a shell with heterostrophic whorls … Useful english dictionary
heterostrophic — adj. [Gr. heteros, different; strophe, turn] (MOLLUSCA: Gastropoda) Pertaining to a protoconch when the whorls appear to be coiled in the opposite direction to those of the teloconch … Dictionary of invertebrate zoology
Heterobranchia — Taxobox name = Heterobranchia image caption = The sea butterfly or pteropod gastropod, Clione limacina regnum = Animalia phylum = Mollusca classis = Gastropoda subclassis = Orthogastropoda superordo = Heterobranchia subdivision ranks = Orders… … Wikipedia
Pyramidellidae — Taxobox name = Pyramidellidae image width = 240px image caption = regnum = Animalia phylum = Mollusca classis = Gastropoda subclassis = Orthogastropoda superordo = Heterobranchia ordo = Heterostropha superfamilia = Pyramidelloidea familia =… … Wikipedia
Protoconch — A protoconch (meaning first or earliest or original shell) is an embryonic or larval shell of some classes of molluscs, e.g., the initial chamber of an ammonite or the larval shell of a gastropod. The protoconch may sometimes consist of several… … Wikipedia
Odostomiinae — Odostomia pallida, O. conoidea, O. conspicua, O. truncatula Scientific classification Kingdom … Wikipedia
Turbonillinae — Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Mollusca Class: Gastropoda … Wikipedia
Chrysallidinae — Taxobox name = Chrysallidinae image width = 240px image caption = regnum = Animalia phylum = Mollusca classis = Gastropoda subclassis = Orthogastropoda ordo = Heterostropha superfamilia = Pyramidelloidea familia = Pyramidellidae subfamilia =… … Wikipedia
Odostomellinae — Taxobox name = Odostomellinae image width = 240px image caption = regnum = Animalia phylum = Mollusca classis = Gastropoda subclassis = Orthogastropoda ordo = Heterostropha superfamilia = Pyramidelloidea familia = Pyramidellidae subfamilia =… … Wikipedia
Heida (mollusk) — Taxobox name = Heida image width = 240px image caption = regnum = Animalia phylum = Mollusca classis = Gastropoda ordo = Heterostropha superfamilia = Pyramidelloidea familia = Pyramidellidae subfamilia = Odostomiinae genus = Heida subdivision… … Wikipedia
