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An Illustrated and Cross-Referenced Glossary of Malacological and Conchological Terms |
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| by Paul S. Mikkelsen | |||
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| Term | Definition |
| CRISPATE | Irregularly curled; roughened into small frets, waves, or folds. | |
| SPAT | The settled, newly-attached to the substrate LARVAE of OYSTERS (the Ostreidae), usually, but can refer to that of any bivalve. The spat metamorphose to form a juvenile clam, which matures attached to the substrate at that location for the rest of its life. | |
| SPATHATE | [need definition]; (see description of Aequipecten glyptus in: Abbott, 1974.) | |
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