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IMPRESSED ZONE [1 record]

Record 1 1977-07-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Paleontology
OBS

In convolute and involute [nautiloid] conchs, the concave, dorsal part of a whorl in contact with the convex, ventral part of the preceding whorl is called the "impressed zone" (...)

French

Domaine(s)
  • Paléontologie
OBS

Une dépression dorsale (...), de forme spirale (...), moulée sur la région externe du tour précédent, de règle sur tous les tours [d'une coquille de nautile] sauf le premier des enroulements étroitement contigus (...) se retrouve parfois ailleurs sur des portions de tour non étroitement enroulés (...)

Spanish

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