An Illustrated and Cross-Referenced Glossary of Malacological and Conchological Terms

by Paul S. Mikkelsen

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CARDINAL TOOTH		The main or largest teeth (usually) in a bivalve HINGE, located just below the UMBONES. See illustration: Composite Bivalve. See also: TOOTH, LATERAL.

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