univalve in English

adjective
1
having one valve or shell.
In the earliest Cambrian, one lineage developed a bivalved mineralized shell (Fordilla and its relatives), the other an endogastric univalve shell (the Helcionellids).

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1. Columella definition is - the central column or axis of a spiral univalve shell.

2. If it was, it will be a univalve —a shell consisting of one piece, usually coiled.