dextral

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Dextral, also known as right-lateral, movement describes the opposing plate moving to the right.

From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2017

Dextral: to the right of the median line.

From Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology by Smith, John. B.

Dextral animals, with shell coiled pseudo-sinistrally; operculum with sinistral spiral; pallial cavity dorsal.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 5 "Gassendi, Pierre" to "Geocentric" by Various