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

by Paul S. Mikkelsen

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FLEXICLAUDENT		A type of OPERCULUM that flexes upon retraction. See also: RIGICLAUDENT. See the 1998 article by Checa and Jiménez-Jiménez: Constructional morphology, origin, and evolution of the gastropod operculum..

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