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

by Paul S. Mikkelsen

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Term	Definition

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PLESIOMORPHY		An ancestral or primitive character. See also: APOMORPHY. See the Paleos website for greater detail.

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SYMPLESIOMORPHY		A character shared by a number of groups, but inherited from ancestors older than the last common ancestor. See also: PLESIOMORPHY. See the Paleos website for greater detail.

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