oblongly

(ˈɒblɒŋlɪ)

adv

in a rectangular-shaped manner

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Thin conical shell, number of whorls 5, umbilicus compressed, shell light brownish or whitish in colour, dextral, thin and oblongly ovate, body whorl enlarged and inflated, spire short and cone shaped, deeply sutured, umbilicus compressed, aperture large and ovate with twisted columella, shell sculpture smooth, glossy and spirally striated, apex pointed.