modioliform

modioliform
adj. [L. modiolus, a small measure or drinking vessel; forma, form]
1. In the form of a nave or hub of a wheel; more or less globular with truncated ends.
2. (MOLLUSCA: Bivalvia)
Beaks are not terminal and anteroventral region forms a slight bulge; shell shaped like the genus modiolus.

Online Dictionary of Invertebrate Zoology. . 2005.

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