Japanese crossword «Abstract Snail»
Size: 20x10 | Picture:![]() | Difficulty:![]() | Added: | 05.05.25 | Author: Jelito2008 |
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Good imagen! Just... does the head fits in the house? ;D
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... but it's another one with the shell spiralling in the wrong direction.
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Snail shells can be coiled either clockwise (dextral) or counterclockwise (sinistral) when viewed from above. It’s an identifying characteristic Most species are dextrally coiled. This fine specimen is dextrally coiled, assuming that we’re viewing it from above.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Gastropod_shell&action=edit§ion=3
replyhttps://en.m.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Gastropod_shell&action=edit§ion=3
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Sorry - bad link there! Go to https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gastropod_shell and scroll down to “Chirality”
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I wonder if in Australia the snail shells are mainly sinistral - like water going down the drain?
replyI thought that the right side was very easy but it got much harder halfway through!
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