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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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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malacologists mollusc shell, seashell gastropod shell, conch, conch (instrument) protoconch apex (mollusc) spire (mollusc) planispiral sculpture (mollusc) lira...
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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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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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Grooved carpet shell (category Marine molluscs of Europe)
clam, Ruditapes decussatus, or Venerupis decussatus, is a clam (bivalve mollusc) in the family Veneridae. It is distributed worldwide and is highly prized...
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