10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PATELLIFORM»
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patelliform in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
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Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia
We have not yet ha'd an opportunity of seeing the interior of any of the following
patelliform shells, but, judging from external characters, they appear referable to
the above genus as defined by D'Orbigny. They are all strictly symmetrical, with, ...
2
A Treatise on Malacology: Or, Shells and Shell Fish
i; produced and slightly curved inwards ; muscular impression semi-circular.
Hipponyw De Fr. Cap-shaped or patelliform ; strong ; the margins thick, and
reposing upon a thin, flattened ; testaceous plate, forming a second valve.
cornucopia.
Fig. 229, P. Oculus. PATELLIFORM. (Patella, a dish; forma, shape.) Shaped like a
dish, orlikeshellsofthe genus Patella. PATELLOIDA. Quoy and Gaimard. LOTTIA ,
Gray.—Fam. Phyllidiana, Lam.—Descr. Patelliform, rather flat; apex obtuse, ...
George Brettingham Sowerby, 2014
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The Encyclopaedia Britannica: Or, Dictionary of Arts, ...
Antenna: porrect, the terminal joint patelliform, with a naked dorsal seta at the
base; hypostoma impressed, and provided with a mystax; the forehead broad
and setose; eyes rounded: abdomen ovate, four-ringed: wings incumbent, longer
than ...
5
Guide to Tendrillate Climbers of Costa Rican Mountains
Leaves not pinnately lobed 5. Petioles with conspicuous, raised glands near
apex (sometimes found on extreme basal margin of leaf)... Lagenaria , p. 58. 5.
Petioles eglandular (if glands present near leaf base, then glands sessile,
patelliform, ...
Alexander Krings, Richard R. Braham, 2007
Plate LX, Figure 10 Shell thin, subovate or patelliform, in shape a low, flat cone,
the outline of the base a little broader toward the posterior or longer side; summit
rather low and pointed at the very apex, located in advance of the middle; lateral
...
7
A Systematic Study of North American Freshwater Limpets ...
Several highly divergent freshwater and marine gastropod taxa exhibit patelliform
shells (Basch, 1963), and at least among the freshwater limpets, convergent
evolution is believed to be the driving force (Albrecht et al., 2004, 2007). Having
this ...
Andrea Coronel Walther, 2008
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An Introduction to the Modern Classification of Insects: ...
Some of the species exhibit a very remarkable anomaly, certain individuals
having the elytra destitute of furrows, as in the males, the anterior tarsi being,
nevertheless, not patelliform. Bonelli, however, ascertained by dissection, that
these ...
9
Geological Survey Professional Paper
All of these patelliform gastropods are thought to be descended from
asymmetrically coiled ancestors which are presumed to have had two
asymmetrical shell muscles. Therefore, the bilateral symmetry of the shell
muscles in patelliform ...
10
Illustrated Handbook of Succulent Plants: Dicotyledons
... enlarged in Fr, teeth unequal, erect, triangular; Cl 1 - 2.4 cm, white to blue,
tubularly funnel-shaped; St unequal, 2 longer and 3 shorter; Fil not widened at
base, rarely pubescent; Nec disc patelliform; Sty as long as the shorter Fil,
gynobasic; ...
2 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PATELLIFORM»
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Stronger Than Anything Natural On This Planet: Snail Teeth
The limpet falls into the Gastropoda class of mollusks and its shells are described as "patelliform," or "dish-shaped." Limpets, otherwise known ... «Design & Trend, Feb 15»
Limpet's Radulae is Made Up of Goethite Substances Considered …
Limpets have conical shapes aptly described as “patelliform or dish-shaped. “They cling to tidal rocks and survive by eating algae and sea ... «Empire State Tribune, Feb 15»
