| 单词 | prosiphonate | 
| 释义 | prosiphonateadj. Palaeontology.   Of a chambered shell: having the septal necks of the siphuncle directed forward, as in some ammonoids. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > subkingdom Metazoa > grade Triploblastica or Coelomata > class Cephalopoda > 			[adjective]		 > having siphonal funnel forward (of shell) prosiphonate1935 1935    W. H. Twenhofel  & R. R. Shrock Invertebr. Paleontol. ix. 378  				Prosiphonate ones [sc. septa] are found in Mesozoic forms [of cephalopod]. 1952    R. C. Moore  et al.  Invertebr. Fossils ix. 371/1  				In late Paleozoic and Mesozoic ammonoids, this structure [sc. the siphuncle] is mostly confined to immature stages, and forward-pointing septal necks appear in submature whorls. This condition is described as prosiphonate. 1986    G. Culverwell tr.  P. Arduini  & G. Teruzzi Macdonald Encycl. Fossils No. 91  				The siphuncle is ventral with prosiphonate septal necks. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < | 
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