pectinibranchidae

Updated: November 23, 2024

"This shell," I said, holding up the object of my triumph. "It is simply an olive porphyry, genus olive, order of the pectinibranchidae, class of gasteropods, sub-class mollusca." "Yes, Conseil; but, instead of being rolled from right to left, this olive turns from left to right." "Is it possible?" "Yes, my boy; it is a left shell."

Jules Verne - Twenty Thousand Leagues under the Sea