An Illustrated and Cross-Referenced Glossary of Malacological and Conchological Terms |
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by Paul S. Mikkelsen |
Term | Definition |
ACLINE | Perpendicular to HINGE AXIS or almost so (applied to HINGE TEETH or, in some genera, to direction of elongation of body of shell; = ORTHOCLINE. | |
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