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serpenticonic

English edit

 
an ammonite (Echioceras raricostatum) with a serpenticonic fossil shell

Etymology edit

serpent +‎ -i- +‎ conic

Adjective edit

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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