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What does paucispiral mean?

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Adjective
  1. (biology) Having few spirals or whorls
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In the genus Pseudodaphnella this is generally paucispiral and papilliform with more or less orthocline axial riblets and weak spiral threads.
Beu and Climo discussed the matter further in relation to the genus Danilia and confirmed that the Euchelus operculum is indeed paucispiral like that of Littorina.
The protoconch is paucispiral or multispiral, and is smooth except for a few axial riblets near the junction with the teleoconch.

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