bellerophontiform
bellerophontiform Applied to the shape of gastropod (Gastropoda) shells which resemble those of the genus Bellerophon. The coiling is isotrophic (i.e. two faces of the shell are symmetrical in respect of a median plane perpendicular to the axis).
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