conical shell in a sentence
Examples
- The ovate, conical shell is thick, smooth, and pointed at its summit.
- A pair of wide structures of uncertain function extend along the length of the conical shell.
- This snail has an ovate to conical shell no more than 2.9 millimeters tall.
- (Description by Philippi ) The small, conical shell is perforate, and transversely striate.
- The bolt was given a slight cosmetic makeover, with the hammer covered by a conical shell.
- This general category of conical shell is technically known as " patelliform ", meaning dish-shaped.
- Aulococerids are characterized by a straight, slim, conical shell with a large living chamber, simple aperture.
- The conical shell has an elongated operculum is spirally marked and equally ovate, roundish or pear-shaped.
- The rostrum is in turn attached to a chambered conical shell known as the " phragmocone ".
- The ovate, conical shell is slightly ventricose, attenuated at summit and base, pretty solid and nearly smooth.