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RETRACTOR MUSCLE [2 records]

Record 1 1977-07-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • Paleontology
OBS

[A retractor muscle is] A muscle that draws in an organ or part; [in a bivalve mollusk] (...)

French

Domaine(s)
  • Paléontologie
OBS

Les valves d'un Lamellibranche portent sur leur face interne (...) la trace des insertions (...) des muscles rétracteurs du manteau, (...)

Spanish

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Record 2 1977-06-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Paleontology
OBS

The head-foot mass [of a gastropod] is drawn into the shell by means of the "columellar" (...) "muscle" or "muscles", the only attachment of the soft parts to the shell.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Paléontologie
OBS

C'est sur (...) [la columelle qu'un Gastéropode] s'attache à la coquille, par l'intermédiaire d'un "muscle columellaire".

Spanish

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