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

by Paul S. Mikkelsen

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SPICULE		One of the small, slender, pointed, hard bodies in the integument, which serves as stiffening. Spicules may be prominent in the GIRDLE of CHITONS. See illustration: Composite Chiton.

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