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

by Paul S. Mikkelsen

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APERTURAL LIP, OUTER		[need definition]. See illustration: Composite Gastropod. See also: APERTURAL LIP; INNER APERTURAL LIP.

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LIP, OUTER		The outer, distal, growing or leading edge of a gastropod shell; = LABRUM; = PERISTOME. See illustration: Composite Gastropod. See also: OUTER APERTURAL LIP; PALATAL.

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