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UNIONIDAE [2 records]
Record 1 - internal organization data 2016-03-02
Record 1, English
Record 1, Subject field(s)
- Mollusks, Echinoderms and Prochordates
Universal entry(ies) Record 1
Record 1, Main entry term, English
- Unionidae
1, record 1, English, Unionidae
Latin
Record 1, Abbreviations, English
Record 1, Synonyms, English
Record 1, French
Record 1, Domaine(s)
- Mollusques, échinodermes et procordés
Entrée(s) universelle(s) Record 1
Record 1, Main entry term, French
- unionidés
1, record 1, French, unionid%C3%A9s
correct, feminine noun, plural
Record 1, Abbreviations, French
Record 1, Synonyms, French
Record 1, Textual support, French
Record 1, Spanish
Record 1, Textual support, Spanish
Record 2 - internal organization data 1977-07-07
Record 2, English
Record 2, Subject field(s)
- Paleontology
Record 2, Main entry term, English
- Unionidae
1, record 2, English, Unionidae
correct
Record 2, Abbreviations, English
Record 2, Synonyms, English
Record 2, Textual support, English
Record number: 2, Textual support number: 1 OBS
[Bivalves of the] family Unionidae (...) [are] equivalve (nacreous with [a] thick periostracum), [the] beaks [are] generally sculptured and commonly with [a] remnant of [the] larval shell; beak cavities [are] deep, [the] hinge [is] mostly with two cardinals and two posterior lamellar teeth in LV and [a] single cardinal and lamellar tooth in RV. [They have] gills with water tubes, [a] marsupium occupying all four gills or [the] outer pairs only, [the] diaphragm [is] complete. "Trias.-Rec." 1, record 2, English, - Unionidae
Record 2, French
Record 2, Domaine(s)
- Paléontologie
Record 2, Main entry term, French
- Unionidae
1, record 2, French, Unionidae
correct
Record 2, Abbreviations, French
Record 2, Synonyms, French
Record 2, Textual support, French
Record number: 2, Textual support number: 1 OBS
[Les Lamellibranches de la] famille des Unionidae (...) [ont une] coquille inéquilatérale de forme variable, triangulaire, quadrangulaire ou allongée, fermée, épidermée, nacrée [L'] Ornementation [est] variable. [Le] ligament [est] externe. [La] charnière [est] très variable, composée de dents cardinales, latérales - la plus part du temps striées - ou sans dents. [La] ligne palléale [est] entière; [les] impressions musculaires [sont] bien marquées surtout l'antérieure qui est plus profonde que la postérieure; [les] impressions des muscles d'attache du sac viscéral et du pied [sont] visibles en arrière de l'adducteur antérieur et au voisinage de l'adducteur postérieur. Les Unionidés sont des Lamellibranches d'eau douce ou saumâtre. 1, record 2, French, - Unionidae
Record 2, Spanish
Record 2, Textual support, Spanish
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