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LIMPET [2 records]

Record 1 2023-01-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Mollusks, Echinoderms and Prochordates
  • Commercial Fishing
  • Seafood and Freshwater Food (Food Industries)
Universal entry(ies)
DEF

Any of several varieties of mostly ... gastropod mollusks with a single, low, cone-shaped shell and a thick, fleshy foot, by means of which it clings to rocks, timbers.

OBS

limpet: trade name recommended by the "Comité de normalisation de la terminologie des pêches commerciales" and by Fisheries and Oceans Canada.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Mollusques, échinodermes et procordés
  • Pêche commerciale
  • Produits de mer et d'eau douce (Industr. alim.)
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
DEF

Mollusque à coquille conique qui vit fixé aux rochers.

OBS

patelle : nom commercial normalisé par l'OLF et le Comité de normalisation de la terminologie des pêches commerciales.

OBS

bernique; bernicle; chapeau chinois : appellations à proscrire en français commercial.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Moluscos, equinodermos y procordados
  • Pesca comercial
  • Productos del mar y de agua dulce (Ind. alimentaria)
Entrada(s) universal(es)
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Record 2 2016-03-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Mollusks, Echinoderms and Prochordates
Universal entry(ies)

French

Domaine(s)
  • Mollusques, échinodermes et procordés
Entrée(s) universelle(s)

Spanish

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