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PRAECARDIIDAE [1 record]

Record 1 1977-07-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Paleontology
OBS

[Bivalves of the] family Praecardiidae (...) [have a] shell approximately equivalve (...) with or without [a] marginal gape; [the] cardinal area [is] broad and flattened to narrow; [the] surface [is] rarely smooth, more commonly radially costate. "? U. Cam., L. Ord. - L. Miss.".

French

Domaine(s)
  • Paléontologie
OBS

[Les Lamellibranches de la] famille des Praecardiidae (...) [ont une] coquille très mince, équivalve, légèrement inéquilatérale, [le] crochet en saillie; sous le crochet, [il y a une] aréa triangulaire; du côté postérieur, quelques dents verticales; [l'] ornementation [est] faite de côtes rayonnantes.

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