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IMPRESSED ZONE [2 records]
Record 1 - internal organization data 1977-07-18
Record 1, English
Record 1, Subject field(s)
- Paleontology
Record 1, Main entry term, English
- Aturiidae
1, record 1, English, Aturiidae
correct
Record 1, Abbreviations, English
Record 1, Synonyms, English
Record 1, Textual support, English
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 OBS
[Cephalopods of the family, aturiidae have a] smooth, very involute to occluded discoidal conch, flattened laterally, rounded ventrally, with [a] deep impressed zone; [they have a] suture with [a] broad, flattened ventral saddle, [a] narrow pointed lateral lobe, [a] broadly rounded lateral saddle, [a] broad lobe on [the] umbilical slope and dorsal area, and [a] broad saddle on [the] dorsal area divided by [a] deep, narrow lobe; [the] siphuncle [is] moderate in size, subdorsal and located in [a] infundibuliform dorsal adapical flexure of septa. "Paleoc.-Mio. ". 1, record 1, English, - Aturiidae
Record 1, French
Record 1, Domaine(s)
- Paléontologie
Record 1, Main entry term, French
- Aturidae
1, record 1, French, Aturidae
correct
Record 1, Abbreviations, French
Record 1, Synonyms, French
Record 1, Textual support, French
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 OBS
[Les céphalopodes de la famille des aturidae ont un] nautilicône fortement comprimé, lisse, [un] ombilic petit, [une] loge d'habitation occupant un demi-tour, [une] dépression dorsale accusée, [une] suture différenciée au maximum (...), [un] siphon dorsal marginal à longs cols septaux en forme d'entonnoirs et emboîtés. [Ils ont une] flexure correspondante marquée du lobe dorsal sutural (...) 1, record 1, French, - Aturidae
Record 1, Spanish
Record 1, Textual support, Spanish
Record 2 - internal organization data 1977-07-15
Record 2, English
Record 2, Subject field(s)
- Paleontology
Record 2, Main entry term, English
- impressed zone
1, record 2, English, impressed%20zone
correct
Record 2, Abbreviations, English
Record 2, Synonyms, English
- impressed area 1, record 2, English, impressed%20area
correct
Record 2, Textual support, English
Record number: 2, Textual support number: 1 OBS
In convolute and involute [nautiloid] conchs, the concave, dorsal part of a whorl in contact with the convex, ventral part of the preceding whorl is called the "impressed zone"(...) 1, record 2, English, - impressed%20zone
Record 2, French
Record 2, Domaine(s)
- Paléontologie
Record 2, Main entry term, French
- dépression dorsale
1, record 2, French, d%C3%A9pression%20dorsale
correct
Record 2, Abbreviations, French
Record 2, Synonyms, French
Record 2, Textual support, French
Record number: 2, Textual support number: 1 OBS
Une dépression dorsale (...), de forme spirale (...), moulée sur la région externe du tour précédent, de règle sur tous les tours [d'une coquille de nautile] sauf le premier des enroulements étroitement contigus (...) se retrouve parfois ailleurs sur des portions de tour non étroitement enroulés (...) 1, record 2, French, - d%C3%A9pression%20dorsale
Record 2, Spanish
Record 2, Textual support, Spanish
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