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Univalve vs Univalvular - What's the difference?

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Univalvular is a synonym of univalve.



As adjectives the difference between univalve and univalvular

is that univalve is having one valve, typically used to refer to mollusks, notably slugs and snails while univalvular is having only one valve.

As a noun univalve

is a univalve mollusk or its shell.

univalve

English

(wikipedia univalve)

Adjective

(-)
  • having one valve, typically used to refer to mollusks, notably slugs and snails.
  • consisting of a single valve or piece, used to refer to a shell.

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • A univalve mollusk or its shell.

    • Usage notes

    The term univalve is now considered outdated in scientific classification, and the term gastropod is preferred.

    Synonyms

    * gastropod

    Coordinate terms

    * bivalve

    Related terms

    * bivalve

    References

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    univalvular

    English

    Adjective

    (-)
  • (botany, zoology) Having only one valve.

    • Synonyms

    * univalve, univalved (Webster 1913)