conchiferous, a.
(kɒŋˈkɪfərəs)
[f. as prec. + -ous.]
1. Producing a shell, shell-bearing; sometimes spec. belonging to the Conchifera; bivalve.
| 1833 Lyell Princ. Geol. III. 230 [Cypris] moults its integuments annually, which the conchiferous molluscs do not. 1839 Todd Cycl. Anat. II. 380/2 In all the conchiferous Gasteropods. 1853 Lytton My Novel ii. ii, Periwinkles, Blackamoor's teeth..and other specimens of the conchiferous ingenuity of Nature. |
2. Geol. Characterized by the presence of shells.
| 1830 Lyell Princ. Geol. I. 130 When our oldest conchiferous rocks were produced. 1853 Phillips Rivers Yorksh. iv. 136 This is also a shelly series, and is 20 feet thick..The strata of these richly conchiferous beds. |