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Record 1 1977-07-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Paleontology
OBS

[Bivalves of the family Cardiidae have the following characteristics: the] Ligament [is] parivincular, external, typically short. Adductor scars [are] subequal. [They have a] hinge with two nonbifid cardinal teeth in either valve, cruciform in arrangement; lateral teeth [are] present, one anterior, one posterior in LV, two anterior, one posterior in RV. Upper Trias-Recent.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Paléontologie
OBS

[Les Lamellibranches de la famille des Cardiidae ont une] Coquille équivalve, inéquilatérale, généralement ornée de côtes rayonnantes; [le] bord des valves crénelé; [un] ligament externe; [une] charnière composée de deux cardinales et de deux latérales antérieures et postérieures; le plus souvent, il n'y a néanmoins qu'une latérale de part et d'autre des cardinales; [ils ont aussi deux] impressions musculaires [...]

Spanish

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