J.M.C. Hutchinson, 1989. Control of gastropod shell shape; the role of the preceding whorl. Journal of Theoretical Biology 140:431–444.

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Erratum

There is a typographical error in the caption to Figure 2. The fifth line should start, "D = (R_n – r_n)/(R_n + r_n)".

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The most pertinent test of the ideas in this paper is:
Checa, A.G., Jiménez-Jiménez, A.P. & Rivas, P. (1998). Regulation of spiral coiling in the terrestrial gastropod Sphincterochila: an experimental test of the road-holding model. Journal of Morphology 235: 249–257.

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