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

by Paul S. Mikkelsen

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LATERAL SECTION		More or less raised area on the TEGMENTUM of valves II to VII of a chiton shell, bounded by the posterior edge of the valve and by a line from the midpoint to the ANTEROLATERAL edge; see also: MEDIAN SECTION; POSTERIOR SECTION.

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