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INEQUIVALVE [2 records]

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Record 1 1998-07-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Morphology and General Physiology
  • Plant Biology
DEF

Having the valves unequal.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Morphologie et physiologie générale
  • Biologie végétale
DEF

Composé de deux valves inégales [...]

Spanish

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Record 2 1977-07-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • Paleontology
OBS

[The term inequivalve means] Having valves unequal in size and form; specif. said of a bivalve mollusk or its shell in which one valve is flatter (and often smaller) than the other.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Paléontologie
OBS

(...) la plupart du temps, au stade adulte (...) [la coquille d'un Lamellibranche] est "inéquilatérale" et "inéquivalve".

Spanish

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