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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 |
| CLANDESTINE EVOLUTION | see: EVOLUTION, CLANDESTINE. | |
| EVOLUTION | [need definition]; see also: EVOLUTION, CLANDESTINE; EVOLUTION, PROGRAMME. | |
| EVOLUTION, CLANDESTINE | The development of many structures by the larvae for its own needs, as distinct from the morphology of the adult; as such, larvae are not always reliable guides to PHYLOGENY; see also: ONTOGENY. | |
| EVOLUTION, PROGRAMME | Having several independent groups running through a series of broadly similar changes. | |
| VOLUTION | One of the whorls or turns of a spirally coiled shell or OPERCULUM; see also: WHORL. | |
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