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Univalve   Listen
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Univalve  n.  (Zool.) A shell consisting of one valve only; a mollusk whose shell is composed of a single piece, as the snails and conchs. Note: Most univalves are spiral and are the shells of gastropods, but many belong to cephalopods and pteropods. A large number of univalves belonging to the gastropods are conical, cup-shaped, or shieldlike, as the limpets.





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Words linked to "Univalve" :   Ancylus fluviatilis, single-shelled, ear-shell, gastropod, abalone, zoological science, Gasteropoda, Aplysia punctata, aplacophoran, seasnail, freshwater limpet, sea hare, Gastropoda, solenogaster, physa, conch, nudibranch, cowrie, mollusk


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