hamitocone

== English == === Noun === hamitocone (plural hamitocones) (malacology) An organism or fossil with a hamitoconic shell, or the shell itself. 2002, MA Hassan, GEG Westermann, RA Hewitt et al., "Finite-element analysis of simulated ammonoid septa (extinct Cephalopoda): septal and sutural complexities do not reduce strength": Lytoceras and certain heteromorphs (eg, ancylocones, hamitocones) are the most appropriate for modeling because they exhibit the relevant features but are not overly complicated […] 2005, S. Reboulet, F. Giraud, O. Proux, "Ammonoid abundance variations related to changes in trophic conditions across the Oceanic Anoxic Event 1d (Latest Albian, SE France)", Palaios […] the shell would be easier in orthocones and torticones, which were oriented vertically in life with an aperture towards the bottom, than for scaphitocones, ancylocones, and hamitocones, […] === Further reading ===