funicle
furniculus

The second funicle segment is not longer than the first and may be shorter.

Seeds are longitudinal, with the funicle expanded towards the seed.

The species is characterized by the spiral funicle within the umbilicus.

Funicle - the stalk that connects the ovule to the placenta.

The deep umbilicus has a spiral funicle inside.

The umbilicus is simple and contains no spiral, callous internal funicle or rib.

The umbilicus is narrow without spiral funicle.

The antennae have eight segments in the funicle and two on club-like tip (clava).

The umbilicus is partly filled by a prominent spiral funicle within that terminates at the columella.

In some insects, e.g. Chalcidoidea, the flagellum is divisible into the ring-segments, the funicle and the club.

The Naticinae are characterized by their calcareous operculum and by the presence of a distinct funicle within the umbilicus, which is observable in most species.

The funicle comprises those segments which intervene between the ring-segments and the club, or between the latter and the pedicel in cases when the ring-segments are not differentiated.

The columella is short, ending below in a denticle, concave above and reflected partly over the umbilicus, and over the termination of a strong spiral funicle, which almost fills the white umbilicus.

Seed oblongoid, 5-6 x 2-3 mm, black, arranged separately in separate compartments; areole large and almost closed; funicle folded and thickened, forming a long, pale creamy-yellow aril below the seed.