An Illustrated and Cross-Referenced Glossary of Malacological and Conchological Terms

by Paul S. Mikkelsen

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TENSILIUM		The outer band of the LIGAMENT, composed of CONCHIOLIN but without lime, usually with a conchoidal fracture, it is HORNY and tensional.

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