a. Nat. Hist. [f. mod.L. canālifer (f. canālis channel + -fer producing) + -OUS. Cf. F. canalifère.] Having or bearing a canal: said of shells of mollusks.
1835. Kirby, Hab. & Inst. Anim., I. ix. 296. Lamarck’s canaliferous Zoophagans, called so from the long straight canal which terminates the mouth of their shells.
1856–8. W. Clark, Van der Hoeven’s Zool., I. 796. Shell spiral, with aperture entire, not canaliferous.
