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COUCHE PORCELANEE [1 record]

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Record 1 1977-07-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Paleontology
OBS

[The] porcelaneous layer [is the] prismatic outer layer of [a nautiloid] shell.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Paléontologie
OBS

[La coquille d'un Nautile est formée de] deux couches principales formées surtout d'aragonite: (...) [la couche] externe: mince, plus ou moins "porcelanée", de structure prismatique vers l'intérieur, et devenant de plus en plus finement granuleuse vers l'extérieur où les pigments de coloration sont localisés.

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