whorl

shell structure
Also known as: coil

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snails

  • snail
    In gastropod: The shell

    Generally, the coils, or whorls, added later in life are larger than those added when the snail is young. At the end of the last whorl is the aperture, or opening. The shell is secreted along the outer lip of the aperture by the fleshy part of the animal…

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