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MUSCLE SCAR [3 records]

Record 1 2009-03-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Paleontology
DEF

Area on the inner surface of a bivalve shell where former muscle attachments are indicated by impressions or elevations.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Paléontologie
CONT

Une impression musculaire se présente, soit comme une simple dépression plus ou moins profonde, soit comme une surface entourée d'un bourrelet [...], soit en relief [...] [sur un brachiopode].

Spanish

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Record 2 1987-05-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Mollusks, Echinoderms and Prochordates
OBS

... one can frequently pick up empty bivalve shells on which one can recognize the hinge, the umbo and the scars of the adductor muscles ...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Mollusques, échinodermes et procordés
OBS

Dans l'illustration, on trouve «impression muscle adducteur».

OBS

impression muscle adducteur.

Spanish

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Record 3 1977-09-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Paleontology
OBS

Smooth, or slightly depressed paired areas, in cases darker in color than [the] surrounding regions, in [the] external surface of [the] axial region of [the] exoskeleton [of a trilobite], interpreted as areas of muscle attachment [are called muscle scars.]

French

Domaine(s)
  • Paléontologie
OBS

Les seules traces qu'on (...) [connaît de l'appareil musculaire d'un Trilobite] sont les "impressions musculaires", c'est-à-dire les points d'insertion des muscles sur le tégument dorsal.

Spanish

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