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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.

Meaning of Ventricose shell from wikipedia

- 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...
- 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...
- echinata) growing on its s**** Buccinum undatum looking for a partner and mating This species' solid, ovate-conical, ventricose s**** is very pale, white,...
- 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...
- in the Ampullariidae family. (Original description in French) The ventricose s**** is quite thick. It has a very low conical spire, formed by four to...
- ventricose s****. It is white with interrupted brown rays and zig-zag brown lines on the slope. Its lunule is white and the interior of the s**** is...
- Clavatulidae. The length of the s**** attains 29 mm, its diameter 8.5 mm. (Original description in French) The elongated, ventricose s**** contains eight to ten...
- 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...
- 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 length of the s**** attains 65 mm, its diameter 30 mm. (Original description of Fusus couderti in French) The ventricose s**** is whitish, marked...