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OUTER LAMELLA [1 record]

Record 1 1977-08-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Paleontology
OBS

[The outer lamella is a] Relatively thick mineralized shell layer enclosed between thin chitinous layers which conceals and protects [the] soft parts of [an ostracode's] body and appendages.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Paléontologie
OBS

Durant la vie, chaque valve [d'un Ostracode] est formée par trois couches (...) couche calcaire ou chitineuse mais épaisse et imprégnée de sels de calcium dite "lamelle externe", constituée par de la calcite cryptocristalline, (...)

Spanish

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