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NYMPHE LIGAMENTAIRE [1 record]

Record 1 1977-07-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Paleontology
OBS

[A nymph is] one of the narrow, thickened lunate processes or platforms of many bivalve mollusks extending posteriorly from the beak along the dorsal margin and serving for attachment of [the] ligament.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Paléontologie
OBS

La croissance du ligament [d'un Lamellibranche] comprend un élargissement et un allongement. (...) L'allongement se fait en arrière de surfaces d'insertions saillantes ou "nymphes ligamentaires;" (...)

Spanish

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