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TEREDINIDAE [2 records]
Record 1 - internal organization data 2010-08-18
Record 1, English
Record 1, Subject field(s)
- Mollusks, Echinoderms and Prochordates
Universal entry(ies) Record 1
Record 1, Main entry term, English
- shipworms
1, record 1, English, shipworms
correct, plural
Record 1, Abbreviations, English
Record 1, Synonyms, English
Record 1, Textual support, English
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 CONT
Shipworms are the most destructive of mollusks, and the damage they have done to wooden structures - ships and wharf piling - over the centuries is incalculable. 2, record 1, English, - shipworms
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 OBS
A family of bivalve mollusks. 3, record 1, English, - shipworms
Record 1, Key term(s)
- ship worms
Record 1, French
Record 1, Domaine(s)
- Mollusques, échinodermes et procordés
Entrée(s) universelle(s) Record 1
Record 1, Main entry term, French
- tarets
1, record 1, French, tarets
correct, masculine noun, plural
Record 1, Abbreviations, French
Record 1, Synonyms, French
Record 1, Textual support, French
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 OBS
Famille de mollusques bivalves dont la plupart des individus creusent des galeries dans le bois des navires et des quais et y causent de sérieux dommages. 2, record 1, French, - tarets
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
- Teredinidae
1, record 2, English, Teredinidae
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 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with [a] pair of pallets inserted at [the] base which serve to close [the] end of [the] burrow when [the] siphons are withdrawn.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 2, English, - Teredinidae
Record 2, French
Record 2, Domaine(s)
- Paléontologie
Record 2, Main entry term, French
- Teredinidae
1, record 2, French, Teredinidae
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 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 2, French, - Teredinidae
Record 2, Spanish
Record 2, Textual support, Spanish
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