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An Illustrated and Cross-Referenced Glossary of Malacological and Conchological Terms |
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| by Paul S. Mikkelsen | |||
| Term | Definition |
| ISODONT | Descriptive of a bivalve shell that has a HINGE with one pair of teeth and one pair of pits on one valve that articulate with two pits and two teeth on the other. See illustration: Composite Bivalve. See also: DENTITION. | |
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