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FALSE OPERCULUM [1 record]

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Record 1 2002-06-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Paleontology
  • Mollusks, Echinoderms and Prochordates
CONT

... a pseudo-operculum attached to the shell on one side by a thin layer of periostracum closes when the animal goes inside the shell.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Paléontologie
  • Mollusques, échinodermes et procordés
DEF

Lamelle de fermeture de certains [Bryozoaires] Trépostomes.

OBS

[Le pseudo-opercule] est percé d'un orifice.

Spanish

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