turbinoidadj.
/ˈtəːbɪnɔɪd/ Zoology.
Resembling the genus Turbo or family Turbinidæ of gastropod molluscs (esp. those of tropical and subtropical seas) characterized by a thick top-shaped shell with a rounded opening closed by a calcareous operculum.
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turbinoid1861
1861 P. P. Carpenter in Rep. Smithsonian Inst. 1860 213 Fossils of Turbinoid form.
1879 W. B. Carpenter in Encycl. Brit. IX. 379/2 The type of the second group is the almost universally diffused Rotalia, in which the chambers are disposed in a turbinoid spire.
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