137 terms were found.
| Term | Definition |
| ACCESSORY BORING ORGAN (= ABO; A.B.O.) |
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| ADPRESSED | [need definition]; see also: IMPRESSED; CHANNELED; SUTURE, ADPRESSED. |
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| AMMONOTELIC | [need definition]; see also: URICOTELIC. |
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| ANAL SINUS | [need definition]. See illustration: Composite Gastropod. |
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| APERTURAL LIP, INNER | [need definition]. See illustration: Composite Gastropod. See also: APERTURAL LIP; OUTER APERTURAL LIP |
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| APERTURAL LIP, OUTER | [need definition]. See illustration: Composite Gastropod. See also: APERTURAL LIP; INNER APERTURAL LIP. |
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| ASCOGLOSSAN | [need definition]. Newer, preferred term for the old term: Sacoglossan. They have a UNISERIATE RADULA from which old teeth fall from the
RADULA RIBBON into an ASCUS SAC.
See also: SEA SLUG; NUDIBRANCH. Photo: Elysia chlorotica (Gould, 1870) |
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| AVICULIFORM | [need definition]. |
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| BRANCHIAL PLUME | [need definition]. In nudibranchs… See illustration: Composite Nudibranch. |
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| BREVICONE | [need definition]; see also: CYRTOCONE; ORTHOCONE. |
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| BUCCAL MASS | [need definition] |
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| BYSSAL PLUG | [need definition] |
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| CAPSA (pl. CAPSAE) |
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| CARDINAL PIT | [need definition] |
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| CARDO | [need definition]; (see: Popov, 1980). |
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| CHAETODERM | [need definition]. |
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| CHAMBERED NAUTILUS | [need definition]. A CEPHALOPOD… ; see also: CONCAMERATIONS; PHRAGMOCONE; SIPHUNCLE. |
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| CLADISTICS | [need definition]. See also: CLADOGRAM. See the Paleos website. |
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| CLADOGRAM | [need definition]. See also: CLADISTICS. |
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| COELOM | [need definition]. |
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| COLUMELLA, STRAIGHT | [need definition]. |
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| COLUMELLA, TRUNCATE | [need definition]. |
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| COLUMELLAR PLAIT | [need definition]. See illustration: Composite Gastropod. |
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| COLUMELLAR PLICAE | [need definition]. See illustration: Composite Gastropod. |
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| COMMARGINAL | [need definition]. |
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| COMMARGINAL RIB | [need definition]; see also: OVERRIDE. |
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| CONCENTRIC SCULPTURE | [need definition]; see also: AXIAL SCULPTURE. |
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| CONCHOMETRY | [need definition]. See references: Boycott, A.E. 1928. Conchometry. Proc. Malac. Soc. London 18:8-31. Parodiz, J.J. 1951a. Me´todos de conquiliometry #305;´a. Physis 20(58):241–248. Parodiz, J.J. 1973e. Gastropod conchometry. Pittsburgh Shell Club Bulletin 8:14–16. |
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| CRYSTALINE STYLE | [need definition]. In bivalves... |
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| CTENODONT | [need definition]; see also: PSEUDOCTENODONT; PSEUDOTAXODONT. |
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| CUTTLEFISH | [need definition]. A CEPHALOPOD… See also: BELOPTERA. |
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| DETORSION | [need definition]. See also: TORSION. |
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| DEVOLUTE | [need definition]; see also: LOOSELY COILED. |
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| DIGESTIVE GLAND | [need definition]. |
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| ENANTIOMORPH | [need definition]. |
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| EULAMELLIBRANCH | A type of bivalve CTENIDIUM or gill in which [need definition]; see also: DIBRANCH; EULAMELLIBRANCH; FILIBRANCH; LAMELLIBRANCH; PROTOBRANCH; PSEUDOLAMELLIBRANCH; SEPTIBRANCH; TECTIBRANCH; TETRABRANCH. |
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| EVOLUTE | [need definition]; see also: DEVOLUTE. |
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| EVOLUTION | [need definition]; see also: EVOLUTION, CLANDESTINE; EVOLUTION, PROGRAMME. |
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| EXHALANT SIPHON | [need definition]; see also: HYPONOME; INHALANT SIPHON. |
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| EXTRA-BRANCHIAL APPENDAGE | [need definition]. In NUDIBRANCHS… See illustration: Composite Nudibranch. |
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| FILIBRANCH | A type of bivalve CTENIDIUM or gill in which [need definition]. The Mytilacea, Pteriacea, Pectinacea, and Anomiacea have filibranch CTENIDIA. See also: DIBRANCH; EULAMELLIBRANCH; LAMELLIBRANCH; PROTOBRANCH; PSEUDOLAMELLIBRANCH; SEPTIBRANCH; TECTIBRANCH; TETRABRANCH. |
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| GARSTANG'S THEORY | [need definition]; see also: TORSION. |
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| GELOINA | [need definition]. |
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| GENITAL PORE | [need definition]; = GENITAL OPENING; See labelled photo on www.jaxshells.org/eraj1.htm |
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| GENUS (pl. GENERA) |
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| GIZZARD PLATES | [need definition]. |
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| HAEMOCOEL | [need definition]. |
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| HEART | [need definition]. |
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| HETEROPOD | [need definition]; see also: PTEROPOD. |
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| HORNY | [need definition]; see also: CHITINOUS. |
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| HYPERSTROPHIC | [need definition]; see: ULTRADEXTRAL; see also: HETEROSTROPHIC. See other gastropod shapes. |
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| INHALANT SIPHON | [need definition]; see also: EXHALANT SIPHON. |
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| ISOSTROPHIC | Gastropod COILING coiling in which [need definition]. See other gastropod shapes. |
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| JAW | [need definition]. |
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| LABIAL PALPS | [need definition]. |
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| LAMALLA, AXIAL | [need definition]. See illustration: Composite Gastropod. |
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| LAMINAR TOOTH | [need definition]; used in describing Neaeromya (see: Abbott, 1974). |
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| LECTOPARATYPE | [need definition]. See the publication: "Terminology of Types" by Frizzell. |
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| LIMACIFORM | [need definition]; used by Abbott, 1974 (pg. 367) in description of Dendronotus. |
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| LIP, FLARED | [need definition]. In the Strombidae… |
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| LIP, REFLECTED | [need definition]. |
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| MESOGASTROPOD | [need definition]. |
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| MESOSTRACUM | [need definition]; (refers to some aspect of CHITONS) |
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| METAMORPHOSIS | [need definition]. See also: NEPIONIC; POSTMETAMORPHIC; PREMETAMORPHIC. |
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| MONOPHYLY | [need definition]. See also: PHYLOGENY; POLYPHYLY; PARAPHYLY. |
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| MONOPLACOPHORAN | [need definition]. |
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| MUSCLE SCAR, CRUCIFORM | [need definition]. |
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| NECK | [need definition]. See illustration: Composite Gastropod. |
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| NOMEN CONSERVANDUM | [need definition]. |
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| NUDIBRANCH | [need definition]. See also: ASCOGLOSSAN; SEA SLUG. |
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| ORTHOCONE | [need definition]; see also: CYRTOCONE; BREVICONE. |
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| OUTER LIP | [need definition]. |
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| OUTER LIP TOOTH | [need definition]. See: LABIAL TOOTH. See illustration: Composite Gastropod. |
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| OVIDUCT | [need definition]. |
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| PALATAL TOOTH | [need definition]. |
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| PALLIAL CAVITY | [need definition]. |
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| PAPILLAE, DORSAL | [need definition]. In NUDIBRANCHS… See illustration: Composite Nudibranch. |
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| PARAPHYLY | [need definition]. See also: PHYLOGENY; POLYPHYLY; MONOPHYLY. |
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| PARASITE | [need definition]. See also: COMMENSAL. |
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| PARIETAL DENTICLE | [need definition]; present in some Polygyridae. |
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| PECTINIFORM | [need definition]. Photo: Argopecten irradians concentricus (Say, 1822) |
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| PERFOLIATE | [need definition]. |
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| PERIOSTRACAL GROOVE | [need definition]. |
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| PERIPHERY, WHORL | [need definition]. |
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| POLYPHYLY | [need definition]. See also: PHYLOGENY; MONOPHYLY; PARAPHYLY. |
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| PROBOSCIS COLUMN | [need definition]. |
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| PROTOBRANCH | [need definition]. |
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| PROVINCE, ALEUTIAN | [need definition]. See also: PROVINCE, (types). |
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| PSEUDOCARDINAL | [need definition]. |
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| PSEUDOCONCH | [need definition]; present in the Cymbulidae (Opisthobranchia: Thecosomata). |
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| RADIAL CORD | [need definition]. See illustration: Composite Bivalve. |
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| RADIOLITID | [need definition]. |
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| RAMP, SUTURAL | [need definition]. See illustration: Composite Gastropod. |
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| RAPHITOMA BICOLOR | [need definition]. |
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| REFLEXED | [need definition]. See also: DEFLEXED; RECURVED. |
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| RETRACTOR MUSCLE | [need definition]; see also: ADDUCTOR MUSCLE. |
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| RIB, AXIAL | [need definition]. See illustration: Composite Gastropod. See also: SCLEROCHRONOLOGY; VARIX. |
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| RIB, LONGITUDINAL | [need definition]. See illustration: Composite Gastropod. |
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| RIDGE | [need definition]. |
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| ROSTRUM | [need definition]. |
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| SCALE | [need definition]. In CHITONS… See illustration: Composite Chiton. |
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| SCAPHOPOD | A member of the class Scaphopoda, a group of molluscs made up of [need definition]. Also commonly called a TUSK SHELL. See also: CAPTACULA. See illustration at UCMP. |
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| SEPTIBRANCH | [need definition]. |
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| SHIELD, PARIETAL | [need definition]. See illustration: Composite Gastropod. |
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| SIPHONAL NOTCH | [need definition]... See also: SIPHONOSTOMATE. |
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| SIPHONAL SINUS | [need definition]; see also: BASAL FASCIOLE. |
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| SLOPE, SUTURAL | [need definition]. See illustration: Composite Gastropod. |
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| SPATHATE | [need definition]; (see description of Aequipecten glyptus in: Abbott, 1974.) |
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| SPECIES | [need definition]; see also: SUBSPECIES; DIAGNOSIS. |
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| SPECIMEN | [need definition]. |
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| SPERM | [need definition]; see also: EUPYRENIC; OLIGOPYRENIC; SPERMATOPHORE. |
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| SPERMATHECA | [need definition]. |
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| SPIRAL CORD | [need definition]. See illustration: Composite Gastropod. |
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| SPIRE | [need definition]. |
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| SQUID | [need definition]. A CEPHALOPOD… see also: GIANT SQUID.
See the detailed web page on squid terminology, from the excellent "Cephalopod Glossary" by Richard E. Young, Michael Vecchione, and Katharina M. Mangold. |
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| STRIA, AXIAL | [need definition]. See illustration: Composite Gastropod. |
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| STRIA, SPIRAL | [need definition]. See also: CORD. See illustration: Composite Gastropod. |
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| SUBELLIPTICAL | [need definition]. See other bivalve shapes. |
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| SUBSPECIES | [need definition]; see also: FORM; SPECIES; VARIETY. |
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| SUTURAL SINUS | [need definition]. |
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| SUTURAL TUFT | [need definition]. In CHITONS… See illustration: Composite Chiton. |
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| SUTURE, ADPRESSED | [need definition]; see also: SUTURE, IMPRESSED; SUTURE, CHANNELED. |
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| SUTURE, CHANNELED | [need definition]. See illustration: Composite Gastropod. See also: SUTURE, ADPRESSED; SUTURE, IMPRESSED |
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| SUTURE, CRENATE | [need definition]. See illustration: Composite Gastropod. |
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| SUTURE, CRENULATE | [need definition]. |
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| SUTURE, IMPRESSED | [need definition]; see also: SUTURE, ADPRESSED; SUTURE, CHANNELED. |
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| SUTURE, INDENTED | [need definition]. |
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| SUTURE, INDISTINCT | [need definition]. See illustration: Composite Gastropod. |
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| SUTURE, STRONGLY INDENTED | [need definition]. |
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| TENTACLE, ORAL | [need definition]. In nudibranchs… ; = LABIAL TENTACLE. See illustration: Composite Nudibranch. |
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| TENTACULAR SHIELD | [need definition]; present in the TECTIBRANCHS and CEPHALASPIDS. |
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| THREAD, SPIRAL | [need definition]. See illustration: Composite Gastropod. |
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| TRANSPOSED HINGE TOOTH | [need definition]. See: TRANSPOSED HINGE. See: Van der Schalie, H. 1936. Transposed hinge teeth of North American naiades. Nautilus 49(3):79-84. |
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| TYPE MATERIAL | [need definition]. See the publication: Frizzell, Donald Leslie. 1933. Terminology of Types. American Midland Naturalist 14(6):637-668. |
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| UNILOCULAR | [need definition]; see also: LOCULAR; MULTILOCULAR. |
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| VALVE, CENTRAL AREA | [need definition]. In CHITONS, … See illustration: Composite Chiton. |
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| VALVE, LATERAL AREA | [need definition]. In CHITONS, … See illustration: Composite Chiton. |
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