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Encyclopedia > Dextral

A dextral is a horizontal movement of blocks either side of a geological fault. Movement is dextral (right handed) if one block moves to the right, with respect to the other.


See also: Sinistral, Transform boundary.


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Land Snails of Pennsylvania: Terminology (781 words)
Denticles are often referred to as "teeth," and are supposed to aid in shell positioning, predator deterrence, or calcium provisioning.
A dextral shell's aperture appears on the right to an observer when the shell is positioned with apex up and umbilicus down and aperture toward the observer.
All of Pennsylvania's land snails are normally dextral.
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