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Record 1 1977-07-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Paleontology
OBS

[Bivalves of the family Carditidae are] small to large, trapezoidal or rounded, with strong radial ribs and [a] shell margin invariably crenulated internally; [the] ligament [is] external. ... [the] anterior laterals [are] tuberculiform; anterior scars [are] set on [a] platform. Devonian-Recent.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Paléontologie
OBS

[Les Lamellibranches de la famille des Carditidae ont une] coquille épaisse, équivalve, inéquilatérale, ornée de côtes rayonnantes; [une] petite lunule; [des] crochets prosogyres, submédians ou antérieurs; [un] ligament externe; [une] charnière comprenant presque toujours deux cardinales sur la valve droite, trois sur la valve gauche (l'antérieure est souvent réduite); [des] latérales plus ou moins développées; [le] bord des valves crénelé; [une] ligne palléale entière; [des] impressions musculaires plus ou moins inégales.

Spanish

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