Sculpture is a feature of many of the shells of mollusks. It is three-dimensional ornamentation on the outer surface of the shell, as distinct from either...
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The mollusc (or mollusk) shell is typically a calcareous exoskeleton which encloses, supports and protects the soft parts of an animal in the phylum Mollusca...
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sculpting. Sculpture may also refer to: Sculpture (Lindberg), 2005 orchestral composition by Magnus Lindberg Sculpture (magazine) Sculpture (mollusc), the...
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malacologists mollusc shell, seashell gastropod shell, conch, conch (instrument) protoconch apex (mollusc) spire (mollusc) planispiral sculpture (mollusc) lira...
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applied to the shells of molluscs such as gastropods, bivalves and nautiloids. It can also be used to describe similar sculpture on the surface of the shells...
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cells Root nodule, a growth on the roots of legumes A feature of mollusc sculpture Nodule of vermis, an external feature of the cerebellum This disambiguation...
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Turbo (gastropod) (redirect from Turbo (mollusc))
genus of large sea snails with gills and an operculum, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Turbinidae, the turban snails. Turbo is the type genus of...
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Chitons (/ˈkaɪtɒnz, ˈkaɪtənz/) are marine molluscs of varying size in the class Polyplacophora (/ˌpɒlipləˈkɒfərə/ POL-ee-plə-KOF-ər-ə), formerly known...
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Seashell (category Mollusc shells)
distribution of rare species. Seashells are created by the molluscs that use them for protection. Molluscs have an outside layer of tissues on their bodies –...
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spiraled ridges or sculpture. Fossils of this extinct marine species were found in Eocene strata in Dnipropetrovsk, Ukraine. Worldwide Mollusc Species Database:...
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