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HYPOSTRACUM [2 records]
Record 1 - internal organization data 1998-11-06
Record 1, English
Record 1, Subject field(s)
- Paleontology
Record 1, Main entry term, English
- hypostracum
1, record 1, English, hypostracum
correct
Record 1, Abbreviations, English
Record 1, Synonyms, English
Record 1, Textual support, English
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 DEF
... the inner layer of the shell wall of a bivalve mollusk secreted by the entire epithelium of the mantle ... 2, record 1, English, - hypostracum
Record 1, French
Record 1, Domaine(s)
- Paléontologie
Record 1, Main entry term, French
- hypoostracum
1, record 1, French, hypoostracum
correct, masculine noun
Record 1, Abbreviations, French
Record 1, Synonyms, French
Record 1, Textual support, French
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 CONT
[...] le test [d'un ammonite] est formé en général de trois couches superposées : [...] [la couche] interne ou hypoostracum [est] lamelleuse, nacrée, importante, généralement seule conservée. 1, record 1, French, - hypoostracum
Record 1, Spanish
Record 1, Textual support, Spanish
Record 2 - internal organization data 1977-06-24
Record 2, English
Record 2, Subject field(s)
- Paleontology
Record 2, Main entry term, English
- articulamentum
1, record 2, English, articulamentum
correct
Record 2, Abbreviations, English
Record 2, Synonyms, English
Record 2, Textual support, English
Record number: 2, Textual support number: 1 OBS
[The term articulamentum was] formerly used to indicate the inner, usually hard, semiporcelaneous shell layer, generally projecting past the tegmentum on the sides and front of the valves [of Polyplacophora] to form the insertion plates and the insertion plates and the sutural laminae; [it has been] recently restricted to indicate the shell layer between [the] tegmentum and [the] hypostracum, called the articulamentum("sensu stricto") and composed of several separate components of crystalline shell structure. 1, record 2, English, - articulamentum
Record 2, French
Record 2, Domaine(s)
- Paléontologie
Record 2, Main entry term, French
- articulamentum
1, record 2, French, articulamentum
correct
Record 2, Abbreviations, French
Record 2, Synonyms, French
Record 2, Textual support, French
Record number: 2, Textual support number: 1 OBS
La partie libre [de la plaque d'une coquille de Chiton] est formée de deux couches (...). [L'] interne [s'appelle] "articulamentum" (...) 1, record 2, French, - articulamentum
Record 2, Spanish
Record 2, Textual support, Spanish
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