I am doing research for a television show called "MDs,"
and would appreciate any assistance the members of this
list could give me.

Do the shells of conches typically grow in one
particular direction? In other words, does almost every
conch shell of a certain species swirl rightward, and
have a right-opening aperture? Is there a clinical or
taxonomic term for those anomalous shells that grow in a
direction that is not typical for their species?

Thanks very much.

-Craig Sweeny