Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Same as
turriculate , 2.
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Examples
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Shell minute, turriculated; spire about twice as long as the mouth; whorls eight, the first two nuclear, the others angulated, straight and sloping above, convex below.
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Shell small, broadly fusiform, thin; spire three-fifths the length of the mouth, turriculated; whorls eight, the first three nuclear, round and increasing very little in width, the other five widening more rapidly and angulated.
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Shell large, heavy, turriculated; spire about IJ times the length of the mouth.
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Shell elongate fusiform, spire high, turriculated; whorls ten, prominent and ahgulated on the sides, broadly and deeply concave above.
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Shell large, elongate, fusiform; spire a little longer than the mouth, turriculated; whorls thirteen, straight on t} io sides, concave and sloping above; body whorl slender, sides sinuous, angulated above.
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