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Dextral shell

Dextral \Dex"tral\, a. [From Dexter.] Right, as opposed to sinistral, or left.

Dextral shell (Zo["o]l.), a spiral shell the whorls of which turn from left right, or like the hands of a watch when the apex of the spire is toward the eye of the observer.