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CHAPTER XI THE LOGARITHMIC SPIRAL

that portion of it which constitutes the unduloid, has not grown by successive {571} increments or 〜rings of growth,〝 but has developed as a whole.) A thickened 〜rib〝 is often, perhaps generally, present on the dorsal side of the little conical shell. In a few cases (Limacina, Peraclis) the tube becomes spirally coiled, in a normal logarithmic spiral or helico-spiral.

Five distinct, symmetrical organic cross-section shapes labeled A through E, likely representing biological specimens.
Five biological illustrations showing variations in the shell shape of the brachiopod genus Spirifer, from D'Arcy Thompson.

In certain cases (e.g. Cleodora, Hyalaea) the tube or cone is curiously modified. In the first place,

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