planispiral

planispiral
adj. [L. planus, flat; spira, coil]
(MOLLUSCA: Gastropoda)
Shells coiled in a single plane like a flat spiral with symmetrical sides; loosely used for shells whorled in a discoid form with asymmetrical sides; see isostrophic.

Online Dictionary of Invertebrate Zoology. . 2005.

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