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Planispiral is a
condition in
which a
tubicolous s**** is
coiled in a
single horizontal plane and the
diameter increases away from the axis of coiling...
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geologic time periods.
Their fossil s****
usually take the form of
planispirals,
although some
helically spiraled and
nonspiraled forms (known as heteromorphs)...
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limestones of the
Carboniferous period in Europe, the s**** of
which is
planispirally coiled and can be
mistaken for the s**** of a cephalopod.[citation needed]...
- used to
describe various kinds of
freshwater snails whose s**** are
planispiral,
meaning that the s**** is a flat coil. Such s****
resemble a coil of...
- are a
family of
large fusulinaceans characterized by subspherical,
planispirally coiled tests and a long
coiling axis. The wall is
composed of a dense...
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Ismailia is a
genus of
foraminifera with an agglutinated,
planispirally coiled, semi-involute s****,
known from the
Egyptian Sinai, that
lived during...
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conical tube, the
growth of
which is
coiled into an
overall helical or
planispiral shape, for
reasons of both
strength and compactness. The
number of whorls...
- snails. The word is also
applied to the
depressed central area on the
planispiral coiled s**** of
Nautilus species and
fossil ammonites. (These are not...
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smaller than 5
centimeters (2.0 inches) in diameter. The s**** is
always planispirally coiled,
unlike those of
Mesozoic ammonites in
which some are trochoidal...
- from the
upper Cretaceous (Cenomanian) of Israel. The test
starts off
planispirally enrolled and
involute but
later may tend to
uncoil and
flare with as...
