macroconchs

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A form of macroconch — The female form of an ammonite (that has a larger shell than the male (the microconch).

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Meanings

noun
  1. pluralplural of macroconch

    In addition, macroconchs are characterized by septal crowding at different stages, followed by the return to normal septum distances.

    2016 January 14, “Paleobiology of the Latest Tithonian (Late Jurassic) Ammonite Salinites grossicostatum Inferred from Internal and External Shell Parameters”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI
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