serpenticonic

English

an ammonite (Echioceras raricostatum) with a serpenticonic fossil shell

Etymology

serpent + -i- + conic

Adjective

serpenticonic

  1. (malacology, of a shell or fossil) Having numerous linked coils, in a spiral that is larger as it grows further from the center.

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