An Illustrated and Cross-Referenced Glossary of Malacological and Conchological Terms |
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by Paul S. Mikkelsen |
Term | Definition |
DIVARICATE |
Having the sculpture composed of pairs of rather widely divergent COSTAE or threads, as in the genus Divalinga. See illustration: Composite Bivalve. See also:
LATTICED;
SCISSULATE;
TRANSVERSE. Photo: Divalinga quadrisulcata (d'Orbigny, 1846) |
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