subulitacean
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Noun edit
subulitacean (plural subulitaceans)
- (zoology) Any gastropod of the superfamily Subulitacea an obsolete form of Subulitoidea.
- 1982, Ida Thompson, The Audubon Society Field Guide to North American Fossils, page 421:
- Subulitaceans have spindle- or awl- shaped shells, commonly slender and pointed at the apex of the spire.