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CONTRACTED APERTURE [1 record]

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Record 1 1977-07-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Paleontology
OBS

A body chamber [of certain nautiloids] may first expand from its base, then gradually diminish toward the aperture. Such apertures are said to be "contracted".

French

Domaine(s)
  • Paléontologie
OBS

Bordée par le péristome, bord libre de la coquille [d'un Nautile], l'ouverture [rarement] se rétrécit: ouverture dite contractée.

Spanish

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