- anomphalous
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adj. [Gr. an, without; omphalos, navel](MOLLUSCA: Gastropoda)Without an umbilicus.
Online Dictionary of Invertebrate Zoology. A.R. Maggenti and S.L. Gardne. 2005.
anomphalous
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imperforate — adj. [L. in, not; perforatus, to bore through] 1. Not perforated; lacking an opening or aperture. 2. (MOLLUSCA: Gastropoda) see anomphalous … Dictionary of invertebrate zoology
phaneromphalous — adj. [Gr. phaneros, visible; omphalos, the navel] (MOLLUSCA: Gastropoda) A shell with a completely open umbilicus; may be wide, narrow, or very minute; see anomphalous … Dictionary of invertebrate zoology
