An Illustrated and Cross-Referenced Glossary of Malacological and Conchological Terms |
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by Paul S. Mikkelsen |
Term | Definition |
AURICULAR CRURA (sing. CRUS) |
Blunt internal ridges, swelling out distally as low tubercles, marking lower border of auricles in some Pectinidae. | |
CARDINAL CRURA (sing. CRUS) |
Narrow lamelliform teeth radiating from apex of LIGAMENT PIT in the Pectinacea. | |
CRURAL | Pertaining to CRURA. | |
CRUS (pl. CRURA) |
Pairs of diverging ridges on the hinge of some bivalves, resembling teeth. | |
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