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Record 1 2001-12-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Paleontology
OBS

... the handsome Marble Cone ... was a favorite souvenir brought home to England and Holland. In 1650 Rembrandt made an etching of this species ... In life, this common, reef-dwelling cone is covered with a thin layer of "epidermis" referred to as the periostracum.

OBS

epidermis: In invertebrates, cuticle, the outer chitinous part of a shell or covering.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Paléontologie
CONT

D'après les caractères extérieurs du test [d'un Gastéropode], on peut classer les coquilles en «épidermées» lorsque le périostracum est bien développé [...]

Spanish

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