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Definition of Ventricose shell

Ventricose shell
Ventricose Ven"tri*cose`, Ventricous Ven"tri*cous, a. [NL. ventricosus, fr. L. venter belly.] (Nat. Hist.) Swelling out on one side or unequally; bellied; ventricular; as, a ventricose corolla. Ventricose shell. (Zo["o]l.) (a) A spiral shell having the body whorls rounded or swollen in the middle. (b) A bivalve shell in which the valves are strongly convex.

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- echinata) growing on its s**** Buccinum undatum looking for a partner and mating This species' solid, ovate-conical, ventricose s**** is very pale, white,...
- mycology, ventricose is a condition in which the cystidia, lamella or stipe of a mushroom is swollen in the middle. In gastropods, if the s**** of a snail...
- Sea. The species was first described by Carl Linnaeus in 1758. The ventricose s**** of adult Tonna galea is very large, with an average height of 6 inches...
- ventricose, spiny, imperforate s**** of which the length varies between 65 and 120 mm (2+1⁄2 and 4+3⁄4 in). It has a large, thick, green-gray s**** with...
- the N****a mud snails or dog whelks. The s**** size varies between 20 mm and 36 mm The ovate, ventricose s**** is of a whitish or chestnut color, marked...
- and feed on algae. The distinctive s**** grows to a length of 18 cm. The large, imperforate, solid s**** is ventricose, as broad as long. Its color pattern...
- Trochidae, the top snails. The size of the s**** varies between 1.5 mm and 3 mm. The thin, ventricose s**** is extremely minute. It has a globosely turbinate...
- apical whorls are beautifully decussate. The whorls of the teleoconch are ventricose. The con****uous spiral, raised lirae (7 at the penultimate whorl, 18...
- arcularia arcularia (Linnaeus, 1758) The s**** size varies between 18 mm and 40 mm The ovate, ventricose s**** is pretty thick. It is composed of six or...
- angular, ventricose, much produced and narrow below, smooth, except for faint incremental lines. The species is distinguishable by the smooth, ventricose body...