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BAILLANTE [12 records]
Record 1 - internal organization data 2012-10-30
Record 1, English
Record 1, Subject field(s)
- PAJLO
- Property Law (common law)
Record 1, Main entry term, English
- bailer
1, record 1, English, bailer
correct
Record 1, Abbreviations, English
Record 1, Synonyms, English
- bailor 1, record 1, English, bailor
correct
Record 1, Textual support, English
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 DEF
(A) person who entrusts goods to another person (the bailee) for a specific purpose. (Jowitt's, 2nd ed., 1977, pp. 176-177). 1, record 1, English, - bailer
Record 1, French
Record 1, Domaine(s)
- PAJLO
- Droit des biens et de la propriété (common law)
Record 1, Main entry term, French
- baillant
1, record 1, French, baillant
correct, masculine noun, standardized
Record 1, Abbreviations, French
Record 1, Synonyms, French
- baillante 1, record 1, French, baillante
correct, feminine noun, standardized
Record 1, Textual support, French
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 OBS
baillant; baillante : termes normalisés par le Comité de normalisation dans le cadre du Programme national de l'administration de la justice dans les deux langues officielles(PAJLO). 2, record 1, French, - baillant
Record 1, Spanish
Record 1, Textual support, Spanish
Record 2 - internal organization data 1977-07-08
Record 2, English
Record 2, Subject field(s)
- Paleontology
Record 2, Main entry term, English
- Solenidae
1, record 2, English, Solenidae
correct
Record 2, Abbreviations, English
Record 2, Synonyms, English
Record 2, Textual support, English
Record number: 2, Textual support number: 1 OBS
[Bivalves of the family Solenidae have] beaks terminal or nearly so; [a] hinge with only one tooth in either valve; [the] siphons of [the] animal [are] fused, [the] foot [is] modified for rapid digging in sand. "L. Eoc. - Rec". 1, record 2, English, - Solenidae
Record 2, French
Record 2, Domaine(s)
- Paléontologie
Record 2, Main entry term, French
- Solenidae
1, record 2, French, Solenidae
correct
Record 2, Abbreviations, French
Record 2, Synonyms, French
Record 2, Textual support, French
Record number: 2, Textual support number: 1 OBS
[Les Lamellibranches de la famille des Solenidae ont une] coquille allongée comprimées latéralement, largement bâillante en avant et en arrière; une ou deux cardinales à chaque valve, pas de latérales; [un] ligament externe; [et un] sinus palléal. 1, record 2, French, - Solenidae
Record 2, Spanish
Record 2, Textual support, Spanish
Record 3 - internal organization data 1977-07-08
Record 3, English
Record 3, Subject field(s)
- Paleontology
Record 3, Main entry term, English
- Scrobiculariidae
1, record 3, English, Scrobiculariidae
correct
Record 3, Abbreviations, English
Record 3, Synonyms, English
Record 3, Textual support, English
Record number: 3, Textual support number: 1 OBS
[Bivalves of the family Scrobiculariidae have a] sunken resilium (...) [they have no] lateral teeth on [the] hinge; [the] posterior end [is] without evident flexure (...). "Eoc. - Rec". 1, record 3, English, - Scrobiculariidae
Record 3, French
Record 3, Domaine(s)
- Paléontologie
Record 3, Main entry term, French
- Scrobicularidae
1, record 3, French, Scrobicularidae
correct
Record 3, Abbreviations, French
Record 3, Synonyms, French
Record 3, Textual support, French
Record number: 3, Textual support number: 1 OBS
[Les Lamellibranches de la famille des Scrobicularidae ont une] coquille mince, subcirculaire ou subtriangulaire, légèrement bâillante; [une] charnière comprenant généralement une ou deux cardinales, [les] latérales présentes ou absentes; [ils ont un] ligament externe et [un] ligament interne dans un profond cuilleron ligamentaire; [et un] sinus palléal profond. 1, record 3, French, - Scrobicularidae
Record 3, Spanish
Record 3, Textual support, Spanish
Record 4 - internal organization data 1977-07-08
Record 4, English
Record 4, Subject field(s)
- Paleontology
Record 4, Main entry term, English
- Pholadidae
1, record 4, English, Pholadidae
correct
Record 4, Abbreviations, English
Record 4, Synonyms, English
Record 4, Textual support, English
Record number: 4, Textual support number: 1 OBS
[Bivalves of the family Pholadidae have] shells elongate to globular, with [a] slitlike to nearly circular pedal gape which may or may not be closed by [a] collum in [the] adult; [the] anterior portion of [the] valves ... [have] imbricate or denticulate concentric ridges and [are] commonly ribbed radially; [an] umbonal-ventral sulcus may separate [the] anterior slope from [the] disc; [the] posterior slope [is] not generally demarked, ...; accessory plates [are] present in all forms but ... [vary] in number. Dorsal and ventral condyles and [an] internal umbonal-ventral rib (reflection of the umbonal-ventral sulcus of outer surface of valve) [are] present or absent; [the] pallial sinus [is] usually deep. Siphons [are] variable, usually united, capable of considerable extension, smooth or papillose, and commonly enclosed in [the] periostracal sheath, [and] may or may not be completely retracted within [the] valves when [the] animal contracts; [the] foot [is] well developed, usually truncate and adapted for suction, atrophying in adults of callum-producing forms. ... "? Carb., Jur. - Rec". 1, record 4, English, - Pholadidae
Record 4, French
Record 4, Domaine(s)
- Paléontologie
Record 4, Main entry term, French
- Pholadidae
1, record 4, French, Pholadidae
correct
Record 4, Abbreviations, French
Record 4, Synonyms, French
Record 4, Textual support, French
Record number: 4, Textual support number: 1 OBS
[Les Lamellibranches de la famille des Pholadidae ont une) coquille équivalve, inéquilatérale, bâillante; [une] charnière sans dents; [un] bord cardinal retourné sur les crochets qui sont en outre recouverts par des plaques accessoires; [ils n’ ont pas de] ligament externe mais un ligament interne; une apophyse, dite apophyse styloïde, part du crochet et se termine librement à l'intérieur de la coquille, elle sert d’insertion au rétracteur du pied; [ils ont un] sinus palléal. 1, record 4, French, - Pholadidae
Record 4, Spanish
Record 4, Textual support, Spanish
Record 5 - internal organization data 1977-07-08
Record 5, English
Record 5, Subject field(s)
- Paleontology
Record 5, Main entry term, English
- Psammobiidae
1, record 5, English, Psammobiidae
correct
Record 5, Abbreviations, English
Record 5, Synonyms, English
Record 5, Textual support, English
Record number: 5, Textual support number: 1 OBS
[Bivalves of the family Psammobiidae have the following characteristics: the] shells [are] inequilateral, slightly gaping in most forms, especially at [the] posterior end; [the] hinge (...) [has] one to three cardinal teeth, laterals [are] weak to wanting; [there is a] ligament on [the] nymph; [a] pallial sinus [is] present. "U. Cret. - Rec". 1, record 5, English, - Psammobiidae
Record 5, French
Record 5, Domaine(s)
- Paléontologie
Record 5, Main entry term, French
- Psammobiidae
1, record 5, French, Psammobiidae
correct
Record 5, Abbreviations, French
Record 5, Synonyms, French
Record 5, Textual support, French
Record number: 5, Textual support number: 1 OBS
[Les Lamellibranches de la famille des Psammobiidae ont une] coquille ovale, subéquilatérale, équivalve, légèrement bâillante à ses extrémités; [une] charnière composée de deux cardinales à chaque valve, [ils n’ ont] pas de latérales; [ils ont un] ligament externe; [et un] sinus palléal profond. 1, record 5, French, - Psammobiidae
Record 5, Spanish
Record 5, Textual support, Spanish
Record 6 - internal organization data 1977-07-08
Record 6, English
Record 6, Subject field(s)
- Paleontology
Record 6, Main entry term, English
- Mactridae
1, record 6, English, Mactridae
correct
Record 6, Abbreviations, English
Record 6, Synonyms, English
Record 6, Textual support, English
Record number: 6, Textual support number: 1 OBS
[Bivalves of the family Mactridae have the following characteristics: [a] Periostracum [is] present, glossy; [the] shell [is] smooth or concentrically sculptured; [the] valves [are] slightly gaping; [there is a] pallial line with sinus; [the] siphons of [the] animal [are] united to their tips (...). "U. Cret. - Rec". 1, record 6, English, - Mactridae
Record 6, French
Record 6, Domaine(s)
- Paléontologie
Record 6, Main entry term, French
- Mactridae
1, record 6, French, Mactridae
correct
Record 6, Abbreviations, French
Record 6, Synonyms, French
Record 6, Textual support, French
Record number: 6, Textual support number: 1 OBS
[Les Lamellibranches de la famille des Mactridae ont une] coquille équivalve, inéquilatérale, fermée ou bâillante; [une] charnière composée sur la valve droite d’une dent cardinale formée de deux branches divergentes, sur la valve gauche d’une dent lambdiforme qui s’engage dans la fossette formée par les deux branches divergentes de la cardinale droite, latérales non constantes. [Le ligament interne [est] situé dans une fossette profonde ou cuilleron ligamentaire placé contre la branche postérieure de la cardinale; [ces Lamellibranches ont un] sinus palléal plus ou moins profond; [et] deux muscles adducteurs subégaux. 1, record 6, French, - Mactridae
Record 6, Spanish
Record 6, Textual support, Spanish
Record 7 - internal organization data 1977-07-08
Record 7, English
Record 7, Subject field(s)
- Paleontology
Record 7, Main entry term, English
- Teredinidae
1, record 7, English, Teredinidae
correct
Record 7, Abbreviations, English
Record 7, Synonyms, English
Record 7, Textual support, English
Record number: 7, Textual support number: 1 OBS
[Bivalves of the family Teredinidae have] shells greatly reduced, covering only [the] anterior tip of [a] long wormlike animal (...) [The] burrow usually (...) [has a] calcareous lining which varies greatly in thickness and is in some species divided or has septa at [the] distal end. [The] valves [are] divided into three parts (...). Condyles (...), [an] umbonal-ventral ridge and apophyses [are] prominent. [A] chondrophore and [a] small internal ligament [are] present. Siphons [are] separate or united, relatively short and with [a] pair of pallets inserted at [the] base which serve to close [the] end of [the] burrow when [the] siphons are withdrawn. (...) "? Cret., Paleoc. - Rec.". 1, record 7, English, - Teredinidae
Record 7, French
Record 7, Domaine(s)
- Paléontologie
Record 7, Main entry term, French
- Teredinidae
1, record 7, French, Teredinidae
correct
Record 7, Abbreviations, French
Record 7, Synonyms, French
Record 7, Textual support, French
Record number: 7, Textual support number: 1 OBS
[Les Lamellibranches de la famille des Teredinidae ont une] coquille de petite taille par rapport à l'animal, globuleuse, bâillante en avant et en arrière; [ils n’ ont] pas de plaques accessoires, pas de dents; [ils ont] un ligament interne; un tube adventif long, droit ou courbé. 1, record 7, French, - Teredinidae
Record 7, Spanish
Record 7, Textual support, Spanish
Record 8 - internal organization data 1977-07-08
Record 8, English
Record 8, Subject field(s)
- Paleontology
Record 8, Main entry term, English
- Gastrochaenidae
1, record 8, English, Gastrochaenidae
correct
Record 8, Abbreviations, English
Record 8, Synonyms, English
Record 8, Textual support, English
Record number: 8, Textual support number: 1 OBS
[Bivalves of the family Gastrochaenidae are] burrowing shells, lying free within [a] linear cavity; [the] hinge [is] edentate, [the] valves [are] broadly gaping, porcelaneous (...). "U. Jur. - Rec". 1, record 8, English, - Gastrochaenidae
Record 8, French
Record 8, Domaine(s)
- Paléontologie
Record 8, Main entry term, French
- Gastrochaenidae
1, record 8, French, Gastrochaenidae
correct
Record 8, Abbreviations, French
Record 8, Synonyms, French
Record 8, Textual support, French
Record number: 8, Textual support number: 1 OBS
[Les Lamellibranches de la famille des Gastrochaenidae ont une] petite coquille plus ou moins allongée, inéquilatérale, largement bâillante; [une] charnière sans dents; [un] ligament externe; [des] impressions musculaires inégales; [et un] profond sinus palléal. [Ces Lamellibranches ont une] coquille libre ou enfermée dans un tube. 1, record 8, French, - Gastrochaenidae
Record 8, Spanish
Record 8, Textual support, Spanish
Record 9 - internal organization data 1977-07-08
Record 9, English
Record 9, Subject field(s)
- Paleontology
Record 9, Main entry term, English
- Pleuromyidae
1, record 9, English, Pleuromyidae
correct
Record 9, Abbreviations, English
Record 9, Synonyms, English
Record 9, Textual support, English
Record number: 9, Textual support number: 1 OBS
[Bivalves of the family Pleuromyidae have a] shell of medium size, equivalve, oval, oblong or trapeziform, moderately to strongly inflated, with [a] narrow or moderately wide posterior gape; umbones [are] situated within [the] anterior half and usually well toward [the] anterior end of [the] shell, broadly rounded, not strongly protruding; [there are] no demarcated dorsal areas; no true hinge teeth; [the] main part of [the] ligament [is] external, opisthodetic, with short supporting nymphs; below and slightly anterior to the beak of each valve is [a] short, rounded protuberance of [the margin], slightly hollowed out above, and behind [the] protuberance is [a] small niche; [the] protuberance of RV fits above that of the left, a small internal ligament possibly occupying the space between them; [the] postero-dorsal margin of RV (...) [overlaps] that of LV; [the] pallial sinus [is] deep; [the] ostracum [is] thin, probably originally nacreous internally. [The] surface [is] with or without concentric ribbing and with a delicate ornament of radial rows of minute pustules. "Trias. - L. Cret". 1, record 9, English, - Pleuromyidae
Record 9, French
Record 9, Domaine(s)
- Paléontologie
Record 9, Main entry term, French
- Pleuromyidae
1, record 9, French, Pleuromyidae
correct
Record 9, Abbreviations, French
Record 9, Synonyms, French
Record 9, Textual support, French
Record number: 9, Textual support number: 1 OBS
[Les Lamellibranches de la famille des Pleuromyidae ont une] coquille mince, inéquilatérale, lisse ou ornée de fines granulations disposées en rangées concentriques, bâillante en avant et en arrière; [une] charnière sans dents mais avec une protubérance sous le crochet; [un] ligament en partie interne; [et un] sinus palléal. 1, record 9, French, - Pleuromyidae
Record 9, Spanish
Record 9, Textual support, Spanish
Record 10 - internal organization data 1977-07-06
Record 10, English
Record 10, Subject field(s)
- Paleontology
Record 10, Main entry term, English
- Limidae
1, record 10, English, Limidae
correct
Record 10, Abbreviations, English
Record 10, Synonyms, English
Record 10, Textual support, English
Record number: 10, Textual support number: 1 OBS
[Bivalves of the] family Limidae (...) [have a] shell [that is] usually equivalve (...), ovate, orbicular or subtrigonal, most commonly higher than long, many forms somewhat extended obliquely in [an] anteroventral direction (i.e., opisthocline); [they are] typically biauriculate but with [the] anterior auride reduced or absent in some forms and [the] posterior wing or auricle usually obtuse and commonly ill-differentiated from [the] body of [the] shell; [a] triangular cardinal area with [a] shallow triangular ligament pit [is] present in both valves, [the] umbones [are] well separated; many forms (...) [have an] anterior gape close to or well separated from [the] hinge margin and some (...) [have a] posterior gape also, [the] gapes affecting both valves equally; [the] hinge [is] edentulous or with weak teeth of [the] taxodont type; [they are] mosomyarian, adductor scars rather obscure in most forms; [the] surface [is] smooth or with radial ornament, concentric ornament [is] very rare; [the] ostracum (...) [has an] outer calcitic layer and middle and inner layers of non-nacreous aragonite. (Some Recent forms capable of swimming by [a] flapping of valves, (...) [have the] valve margins disposed vertically; some construct [a] protective nest with byssus threads.) "L.Carb.-Rec." 1, record 10, English, - Limidae
Record 10, French
Record 10, Domaine(s)
- Paléontologie
Record 10, Main entry term, French
- Limidae
1, record 10, French, Limidae
correct
Record 10, Abbreviations, French
Record 10, Synonyms, French
Record 10, Textual support, French
Record number: 10, Textual support number: 1 OBS
[Les Lamellibranches de la] famille des Limidae(...) [ont une] coquille équivalve ou presque équivalve, inéquilatérale, plus ou moins renflée, fermée ou bâillante; lisse ou ornée de côtes rayonnantes; [les] crochets [sont] recourbés vers l'avant, [il y a] souvent une lunule, fossette ligamentaire sous les crochets droite ou oblique; [le] bord cardinal [est] sans dents ou avec quelques dents parallèles, obliques, situées dans les angles supérieurs correspondant aux oreillettes; [un] byssus [est] présent ou absent; [et ils ont] une impression musculaire au voisinage du bord postérieur. Les Limidés sont libres ou fixés par leur byssus; dans le premier cas, ils peuvent se déplacer(...) par battements de leurs valves. 1, record 10, French, - Limidae
Record 10, Spanish
Record 10, Textual support, Spanish
Record 11 - internal organization data 1977-07-06
Record 11, English
Record 11, Subject field(s)
- Paleontology
Record 11, Main entry term, English
- Pinnidae
1, record 11, English, Pinnidae
correct
Record 11, Abbreviations, English
Record 11, Synonyms, English
Record 11, Textual support, English
Record number: 11, Textual support number: 1 OBS
[Bivalves of the] family Pinnidae (...) [are] medium-sized to large, cuneiform, mytiliform or ham-shaped, mostly equivalve, a few forms distorted and inequivalve; beaks [are] at or near [the] anterior end of [a] long hinge margin; [the] ventral margins (...) [have a] long narrow gape near [the] anterior end for protrusion of [a] bunch of long silky byssal threads; [the] posterior margin [is] gaping in [a] dead shell, [the] living animal [is] capable of closing [the] gape by action of [the] adductor muscles owing to [the] flexible nature of [the] ostracum; [these bivalves are] dimyarian, with [the] anterior adductor relatively small and placed in [the] anterior angle of [the] shell, and [the] posterior adductor [is] large, situated at or slightly anterior to midlenght; [the] hinge [is] edentulous; [the] ligament [is] linear, subinternal, extending along [the] whole length of [the] hinge margin, its posterior part formed by [a] "fusion layer"; some specimens (...) [have] valves completely fused along [the] posterodorsal margin; [the] ostracum (...) [has an] outer layer of prismatic calcite, very thick in some forms, and [a] thin inner nacreous layer absent from [the] part of [the] shell beyond [the] posterior adductors. "L. Carb. - Rec.". 1, record 11, English, - Pinnidae
Record 11, French
Record 11, Domaine(s)
- Paléontologie
Record 11, Main entry term, French
- Pinnidae
1, record 11, French, Pinnidae
correct
Record 11, Abbreviations, French
Record 11, Synonyms, French
Record 11, Textual support, French
Record number: 11, Textual support number: 1 OBS
[Les Lamellibranches de la] famille des Pinnidae [ont une] coquille pouvant atteindre une très grande longueur(...) [, une] forme générale triangulaire; [le] crochet [est] terminal et pointu; [la] coquille [est] bâillante; [le] byssus [est] soyeux; [la] charnière [est] sans dents; [le] ligament [est] long, linéaire; [ils ont] deux muscles adducteurs, l'antérieur [est] petit. La couche prismatique de la coquille est très développée; les prismes se rencontrent à l'état isolé dans les roches sédimentaires. 1, record 11, French, - Pinnidae
Record 11, Spanish
Record 11, Textual support, Spanish
Record 12 - internal organization data 1977-07-02
Record 12, English
Record 12, Subject field(s)
- Paleontology
Record 12, Main entry term, English
- sinupalliate
1, record 12, English, sinupalliate
correct, adjective
Record 12, Abbreviations, English
Record 12, Synonyms, English
Record 12, Textual support, English
Record number: 12, Textual support number: 1 OBS
[The term] sinupalliate [is] said of a bivalve mollusk possessing a pallial line with a posterior embayment (pallial sinus). 1, record 12, English, - sinupalliate
Record 12, French
Record 12, Domaine(s)
- Paléontologie
Record 12, Main entry term, French
- sinupallié
1, record 12, French, sinupalli%C3%A9
correct
Record 12, Abbreviations, French
Record 12, Synonyms, French
Record 12, Textual support, French
Record number: 12, Textual support number: 1 OBS
(...) il y a(...) des formes [de Lamellibranches] enfouies, car elles ont une coquille bâillante ou sinupalliée(...) 1, record 12, French, - sinupalli%C3%A9
Record 12, Spanish
Record 12, Textual support, Spanish
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