gastropod vs volute

gastropod

noun
  • Any member of a class of mollusks (Gastropoda) that includes snails and slugs; univalve mollusk. 

volute

noun
  • Any marine gastropod of the family Volutidae. 

  • The spirals or whorls on a gastropod's shell. 

  • The casing in a centrifugal pump, whose shape is somewhat similar to architectural volutes. 

  • A scroll-shaped carving at the tuning head of a stringed musical instrument, similar to architectural volutes. 

  • The characteristic spiral curve on an Ionic capital, widely copied in other styles and in neoclassical architecture. 

  • A spiral or scroll form. 

adj
  • Of a spring: having a spiral curve on its tail. 

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