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CALCAIRE COQUILLE [14 records]
Record 1 - internal organization data 2022-10-28
Record 1, English
Record 1, Subject field(s)
- Mollusks, Echinoderms and Prochordates
Record 1, Main entry term, English
- bivalve
1, record 1, English, bivalve
correct, noun
Record 1, Abbreviations, English
Record 1, Synonyms, English
- lamellibranch 2, record 1, English, lamellibranch
correct
- pelecypod 2, record 1, English, pelecypod
correct, obsolete
Record 1, Textual support, English
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 DEF
An aquatic [mollusc] which has a compressed body enclosed within a hinged shell. 3, record 1, English, - bivalve
Record 1, French
Record 1, Domaine(s)
- Mollusques, échinodermes et procordés
Record 1, Main entry term, French
- bivalve
1, record 1, French, bivalve
correct, masculine noun
Record 1, Abbreviations, French
Record 1, Synonyms, French
- lamellibranche 2, record 1, French, lamellibranche
correct, masculine noun
- pélécypode 3, record 1, French, p%C3%A9l%C3%A9cypode
correct, masculine noun, obsolete
- acéphale 4, record 1, French, ac%C3%A9phale
correct, masculine noun, obsolete
Record 1, Textual support, French
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 DEF
Mollusque aquatique au corps protégé par une coquille calcaire formée de deux valves réunies par un ligament, qui vit généralement fixé à un support ou enfoui dans le sable [...] 5, record 1, French, - bivalve
Record 1, Spanish
Record 1, Campo(s) temático(s)
- Moluscos, equinodermos y procordados
Record 1, Main entry term, Spanish
Record 1, Abbreviations, Spanish
Record 1, Synonyms, Spanish
Record 1, Textual support, Spanish
Record 2 - internal organization data 2022-01-24
Record 2, English
Record 2, Subject field(s)
- Animal Feed (Agric.)
- Birds
- Poultry Production
Record 2, Main entry term, English
- soluble grit
1, record 2, English, soluble%20grit
correct
Record 2, Abbreviations, English
Record 2, Synonyms, English
Record 2, Textual support, English
Record number: 2, Textual support number: 1 CONT
Grit is available in two forms: soluble and insoluble. Soluble grit, such a cuttlebone and crushed oyster shells, dissolves as it passes through the digestive tract and serves as a source of calcium in the avian diet ... 1, record 2, English, - soluble%20grit
Record 2, French
Record 2, Domaine(s)
- Alimentation des animaux (Agric.)
- Oiseaux
- Élevage des volailles
Record 2, Main entry term, French
- gravier soluble
1, record 2, French, gravier%20soluble
correct, masculine noun
Record 2, Abbreviations, French
Record 2, Synonyms, French
- grit soluble 2, record 2, French, grit%20soluble
correct, masculine noun
Record 2, Textual support, French
Record number: 2, Textual support number: 1 CONT
[...] le grit soluble est ajouté au régime alimentaire de tous les types de volailles sous la forme de calcaire ou de coquille d’huîtres. Les autres [coquilles] de mer peuvent également être utilisées dans le grit. 2, record 2, French, - gravier%20soluble
Record 2, Spanish
Record 2, Textual support, Spanish
Record 3 - internal organization data 2006-05-11
Record 3, English
Record 3, Subject field(s)
- Mollusks, Echinoderms and Prochordates
Record 3, Main entry term, English
- Mollusca
1, record 3, English, Mollusca
correct, plural
Record 3, Abbreviations, English
Record 3, Synonyms, English
Record 3, Textual support, English
Record number: 3, Textual support number: 1 DEF
A large phylum of invertebrate animals that have a soft unsegmented body lacking segmented appendages and commonly protected by a calcareous shell secreted by a mantle which extends from the body wall usually as an enveloping fold ... 2, record 3, English, - Mollusca
Record number: 3, Textual support number: 1 OBS
Mollusca include tooth shells, snails, mussels and other bivalves, octopuses, and related forms. 2, record 3, English, - Mollusca
Record 3, French
Record 3, Domaine(s)
- Mollusques, échinodermes et procordés
Record 3, Main entry term, French
- Mollusques
1, record 3, French, Mollusques
correct, masculine noun, plural
Record 3, Abbreviations, French
Record 3, Synonyms, French
Record 3, Textual support, French
Record number: 3, Textual support number: 1 DEF
Embranchement d’animaux invertébrés à corps mou composé d’une tête, d’une masse viscérale et d’un pied, le tout recouvert d’une membrane, le manteau, dont le rôle principal est de sécréter une coquille calcaire. 2, record 3, French, - Mollusques
Record number: 3, Textual support number: 1 OBS
Le calmar, le poulpe, l’escargot, la moule, l’huître et les autres coquillages sont des mollusques. 2, record 3, French, - Mollusques
Record 3, Spanish
Record 3, Campo(s) temático(s)
- Moluscos, equinodermos y procordados
Record 3, Main entry term, Spanish
- Moluscos
1, record 3, Spanish, Moluscos
correct, masculine noun, plural
Record 3, Abbreviations, Spanish
Record 3, Synonyms, Spanish
Record 3, Textual support, Spanish
Record 4 - internal organization data 2004-01-29
Record 4, English
Record 4, Subject field(s)
- Paleontology
Record 4, Main entry term, English
- Cirriped
1, record 4, English, Cirriped
correct
Record 4, Abbreviations, English
Record 4, Synonyms, English
Record 4, Textual support, English
Record number: 4, Textual support number: 1 DEF
... class [of Crustaceans] with a shelly covering of many plates around them, [growing] attached to rocks, shells of other invertebrates, or other foothold on the shallow sea bottom ... 1, record 4, English, - Cirriped
Record number: 4, Textual support number: 1 OBS
The names ciri, curl; ped, foot refer to the many curved delicate appendages which are borne by the body segments, used to convey food to the mouth. 1, record 4, English, - Cirriped
Record 4, French
Record 4, Domaine(s)
- Paléontologie
Record 4, Main entry term, French
- Cirripède
1, record 4, French, Cirrip%C3%A8de
correct
Record 4, Abbreviations, French
Record 4, Synonyms, French
Record 4, Textual support, French
Record number: 4, Textual support number: 1 DEF
[...] Crustacé aberrant [...] chez lequel le stade larvaire à carapace bivalve [...] se fixe par la tête au moyen d’un pédoncule musculeux, et se protège en sécrétant une coquille calcaire épaisse [...], presque tous [sont] hermaphrodites [...] 1, record 4, French, - Cirrip%C3%A8de
Record 4, Spanish
Record 4, Campo(s) temático(s)
- Paleontología
Record 4, Main entry term, Spanish
- cirrópodo
1, record 4, Spanish, cirr%C3%B3podo
correct, masculine noun
Record 4, Abbreviations, Spanish
Record 4, Synonyms, Spanish
Record 4, Textual support, Spanish
Record number: 4, Textual support number: 1 DEF
Componente de la subclase Cirropoda de crustáceos aberrantes, provistos de un caparazón formado por varias piezas y un pedúnculo que queda reducido a una base de fijación. 1, record 4, Spanish, - cirr%C3%B3podo
Record 5 - internal organization data 2000-08-31
Record 5, English
Record 5, Subject field(s)
- Mollusks, Echinoderms and Prochordates
Record 5, Main entry term, English
- operculum
1, record 5, English, operculum
correct
Record 5, Abbreviations, English
Record 5, Synonyms, English
Record 5, Textual support, English
Record number: 5, Textual support number: 1 DEF
The horny or shelly plate that develops on the posterior dorsal surface of the foot in many gastropod mollusks (as in Streptoneura) and serves to close the shell when the animal is retracted. 2, record 5, English, - operculum
Record 5, French
Record 5, Domaine(s)
- Mollusques, échinodermes et procordés
Record 5, Main entry term, French
- opercule
1, record 5, French, opercule
correct, masculine noun
Record 5, Abbreviations, French
Record 5, Synonyms, French
Record 5, Textual support, French
Record number: 5, Textual support number: 1 DEF
Pièce, calcaire ou cornée, sécrétée par le pied des mollusques gastéropodes et qui ferme l'ouverture de la coquille. 2, record 5, French, - opercule
Record 5, Spanish
Record 5, Campo(s) temático(s)
- Moluscos, equinodermos y procordados
Record 5, Main entry term, Spanish
- opérculo
1, record 5, Spanish, op%C3%A9rculo
correct, masculine noun
Record 5, Abbreviations, Spanish
Record 5, Synonyms, Spanish
Record 5, Textual support, Spanish
Record 6 - internal organization data 1997-09-09
Record 6, English
Record 6, Subject field(s)
- Paleontology
Record 6, Main entry term, English
- arenaceous test
1, record 6, English, arenaceous%20test
correct
Record 6, Abbreviations, English
Record 6, Synonyms, English
- agglutinated test 1, record 6, English, agglutinated%20test
correct
Record 6, Textual support, English
Record number: 6, Textual support number: 1 DEF
... consists of foreign particles bound together with cement. The foreign particles may consist of quartz sand, calcareous grains, mica flakes, sponge spicules, and tests of other Foraminifera. 1, record 6, English, - arenaceous%20test
Record 6, French
Record 6, Domaine(s)
- Paléontologie
Record 6, Main entry term, French
- test arénacé
1, record 6, French, test%20ar%C3%A9nac%C3%A9
correct, masculine noun
Record 6, Abbreviations, French
Record 6, Synonyms, French
Record 6, Textual support, French
Record number: 6, Textual support number: 1 CONT
On distingue parmi les Foraminifères des formes dont la couche externe du test(c'est-à-dire la coquille) est recouverte de particules sableuses plus ou moins fines agglutinées, soit reposant sur une support calcaire, soit indépendantes. Les Foraminifères à test arénacé comprennent quelques très grandes formes [...] 1, record 6, French, - test%20ar%C3%A9nac%C3%A9
Record 6, Spanish
Record 6, Textual support, Spanish
Record 7 - internal organization data 1993-03-30
Record 7, English
Record 7, Subject field(s)
- Mollusks, Echinoderms and Prochordates
Record 7, Main entry term, English
- cavolina
1, record 7, English, cavolina
correct
Record 7, Abbreviations, English
Record 7, Synonyms, English
Record 7, Textual support, English
Record number: 7, Textual support number: 1 OBS
Pteropods. 2, record 7, English, - cavolina
Record 7, French
Record 7, Domaine(s)
- Mollusques, échinodermes et procordés
Record 7, Main entry term, French
- cavoline
1, record 7, French, cavoline
correct, feminine noun
Record 7, Abbreviations, French
Record 7, Synonyms, French
Record 7, Textual support, French
Record number: 7, Textual support number: 1 DEF
Mollusque gastropode opisthobranches, répandu dans toutes les mers chaudes et tempérées, et caractérisé par l'absence de lobe operculigère, par de larges nageoires lobées et par la minceur de sa coquille calcaire. 2, record 7, French, - cavoline
Record number: 7, Textual support number: 1 CONT
Cavoline gibleuse (cavolina giblosa). 3, record 7, French, - cavoline
Record 7, Spanish
Record 7, Textual support, Spanish
Record 8 - internal organization data 1987-08-07
Record 8, English
Record 8, Subject field(s)
- Mollusks, Echinoderms and Prochordates
Record 8, Main entry term, English
- Cerithium 1, record 8, English, Cerithium
Record 8, Abbreviations, English
Record 8, Synonyms, English
Record 8, Textual support, English
Record 8, French
Record 8, Domaine(s)
- Mollusques, échinodermes et procordés
Record 8, Main entry term, French
- cérithe
1, record 8, French, c%C3%A9rithe
correct, masculine noun
Record 8, Abbreviations, French
Record 8, Synonyms, French
Record 8, Textual support, French
Record number: 8, Textual support number: 1 DEF
Mollusque gastropode de mers chaudes, à coquille allongé, très abondant dans les roches tertiaires(calcaire grossier). 1, record 8, French, - c%C3%A9rithe
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
- Cuspidariidae
1, record 9, English, Cuspidariidae
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 Cuspidariidae are] small to medium-sized, thin, ovate, mostly strongly rostrate; [they have a] hinge with [an] external ligament; [a] resilium on [a] small resilifer; hinge teeth [are] present or absent. (...) "U. Cret. - Rec.". 1, record 9, English, - Cuspidariidae
Record 9, French
Record 9, Domaine(s)
- Paléontologie
Record 9, Main entry term, French
- Cuspidaridae
1, record 9, French, Cuspidaridae
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 Cuspidaridae ont une] coquille légèrement inéquivalve, rostrée, lisse ou ornée, non nacrée; [une] charnière avec ou sans dents; [un] cuilleron ligamentaire et un osselet calcaire(lithodesme) sur chaque valve. 1, record 9, French, - Cuspidaridae
Record 9, Spanish
Record 9, Textual support, Spanish
Record 10 - internal organization data 1977-07-07
Record 10, English
Record 10, Subject field(s)
- Paleontology
Record 10, Main entry term, English
- Anomiidae
1, record 10, English, Anomiidae
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 Anomiidae [have shells that are] irregular in outline, mostly sessile, slightly to markedly inequivalve. [A] byssus [is] present in young stages, later modified in most to become pluglike, horny, passing through [an] embayment or foramen in [the] lower valve (normally RV). [The] adductor muscle scar [is] subcentral, with one or more pedal and byssal retractor muscle scars above it, best seen on LV, opposite to foramen. "?Perm., Cret.-Rec.". 1, record 10, English, - Anomiidae
Record 10, French
Record 10, Domaine(s)
- Paléontologie
Record 10, Main entry term, French
- Anomiidae
1, record 10, French, Anomiidae
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 Anomiidae [ont une] coquille généralement mince, irrégulière, libre ou fixée par un byssus calcaire passant par un échancrure de la valve droite, échancrure à bords plus ou moins rapprochés, soudés ou oblitérés par un dépôt calcaire; [ils ont une] charnière sans dents, [un] ligament interne; une impression musculaire subcentrale. 1, record 10, French, - Anomiidae
Record 10, Spanish
Record 10, Textual support, Spanish
Record 11 - internal organization data 1977-07-05
Record 11, English
Record 11, Subject field(s)
- Paleontology
Record 11, Main entry term, English
- Neritacea
1, record 11, English, Neritacea
correct
Record 11, Abbreviations, English
Record 11, Synonyms, English
Record 11, Textual support, English
Record number: 11, Textual support number: 1 OBS
[Gastropods of the] superfamily Neritacea [have a] shell [that is] commonly coiled and ovoid or globular, more rarely capuliform or patelliform; whorls [are] few; [the] spire, if protruding at all, [is] relatively low; [the] outer shell layers [are] calcitic, unusually stable in fossils, commonly preserving [the] color pattern; [the] inner layers [are] thick, aragonitic, lamellar but not nacreous; [the] operculum, not developed in a few genera, [is] commonly calcareous, in many post-Paleozoic genera with processes projecting from [the] inner face and gripping [the] inner lip; living forms [have a] left kidney only; [a] single, bipectinate ctenidium [is] present on [the]left except in terrestrial forms, attached at its base only; [a] single hypobranchial gland, thought to be [a] homologue of [the] right one of other Archeogastropoda, [is] also present; [there is a] heart with 2 auricles, [the] right one in some [is] reduced or with [a] single auricle; pallial genital organs [are] developed and complex, fertilization [is] internal; retractor muscles [are] paired; [the] radula [is] rhipidoglossate, with [the] outermost admedians large, capituliform. "M.Dev.-Rec.". 1, record 11, English, - Neritacea
Record 11, French
Record 11, Domaine(s)
- Paléontologie
Record 11, Main entry term, French
- Neritacea
1, record 11, French, Neritacea
correct
Record 11, Abbreviations, French
Record 11, Synonyms, French
Record 11, Textual support, French
Record number: 11, Textual support number: 1 OBS
[Les gastéropodes de la] super-famille des Neritacea [ont une] coquille globuleuse à spire courte et [à] tours fortement jointifs. [La] couche interne [est] porcelanée. [Ils n’ ont] pas d’ombilic. [Ils ont un] opercule calcaire. 1, record 11, French, - Neritacea
Record 11, Spanish
Record 11, Textual support, Spanish
Record 12 - internal organization data 1977-06-21
Record 12, English
Record 12, Subject field(s)
- Paleontology
Record 12, Main entry term, English
- Craniacea
1, record 12, English, Craniacea
correct
Record 12, Abbreviations, English
Record 12, Synonyms, English
Record 12, Textual support, English
Record number: 12, Textual support number: 1 OBS
[Inarticulate brachiopods of the] Superfamily Craniacea (...) [have] Shells [which are] strongly punctate, calcareous (...); some [are] free, many [are] attached by cementation of all or part of [the] pedicle valve to some other object, no forms [are] known to have possessed [a] pedicle; [the] growth is usually holoperipheral in both valves, more rarely mixoperipheral. ?M. Cam., L. Ord - Rec. 1, record 12, English, - Craniacea
Record 12, French
Record 12, Domaine(s)
- Paléontologie
Record 12, Main entry term, French
- Craniacea
1, record 12, French, Craniacea
correct
Record 12, Abbreviations, French
Record 12, Synonyms, French
Record 12, Textual support, French
Record number: 12, Textual support number: 1 OBS
[Les Brachiopodes inarticulés appartenant à la] Super-famille des Craniacea(...) [ont une] Coquille calcaire; [ils sont] sans pédoncule, ni ouverture pédonculaire à l'état adulte. [La] Fixation directe par la valve ventrale [est] fréquente(...) Ordovicien-Actuel. 1, record 12, French, - Craniacea
Record 12, Spanish
Record 12, Textual support, Spanish
Record 13 - internal organization data 1977-06-21
Record 13, English
Record 13, Subject field(s)
- Paleontology
Record 13, Main entry term, English
- Trimerellacea
1, record 13, English, Trimerellacea
correct
Record 13, Abbreviations, English
Record 13, Synonyms, English
Record 13, Textual support, English
Record number: 13, Textual support number: 1 OBS
[The] Superfamily Trimerellacea [includes] large [inarticulate brachiopods] with thick calcareous shells, biconvex, inequivalved, elongate oval to transversely oval in outline, [the] shell smooth except for growth lines; [the] beak of [the] pedicle valve [is] prominent, [the] pseudointerarea [is] well developed, generally apsacline, divided into two propareas by [a] triangular homeodeltidium. Internally, [the] ventral umbo may be solid or divided into two umbonal chambers by [a] cardinal buttress; muscle platforms [are] present in both valves, solid or excavated, when excavated, [the] cavity [is] divided into two vaults by [a] median partition that may extend anterior to [the] platform. M.Ord.-U.Sil. 1, record 13, English, - Trimerellacea
Record 13, French
Record 13, Domaine(s)
- Paléontologie
Record 13, Main entry term, French
- Trimerellacea
1, record 13, French, Trimerellacea
correct
Record 13, Abbreviations, French
Record 13, Synonyms, French
Record 13, Textual support, French
Record number: 13, Textual support number: 1 OBS
[La] Super-famille des Trimerellacea [est un groupe de Brachiopodes inarticulés ayant une] Coquille calcaire; [une] grande taille; [et des] empreintes musculaires sur une plate-forme surélevée. 1, record 13, French, - Trimerellacea
Record 13, Spanish
Record 13, Textual support, Spanish
Record 14 - internal organization data 1975-03-11
Record 14, English
Record 14, Subject field(s)
- Soil Tests (Construction)
- Geology
Record 14, Main entry term, English
- coquina rock 1, record 14, English, coquina%20rock
Record 14, Abbreviations, English
Record 14, Synonyms, English
Record 14, French
Record 14, Domaine(s)
- Essais du sol (Construction)
- Géologie
Record 14, Main entry term, French
- calcaire coquillé 1, record 14, French, calcaire%20coquill%C3%A9
Record 14, Abbreviations, French
Record 14, Synonyms, French
Record 14, Textual support, French
Record 14, Spanish
Record 14, Textual support, Spanish
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