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n. [Gr. lithos, stone; desma, bond](MOLLUSCA: Bivalvia)1. A calcareous reinforcement of the internal ligament.2. A small shelly plate; ossiculum.
Online Dictionary of Invertebrate Zoology. A.R. Maggenti and S.L. Gardne. 2005.
lithodesma
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lithodesma — lith·o·des·ma … English syllables
lithodesma — … Useful english dictionary
Anomalodesmata — Systematik Stamm: Weichtiere (Mollusca) Unterstamm: Schalenweichtiere (Conchifera) Klasse: Muscheln (Bivalvia) Unterklasse … Deutsch Wikipedia
Pholadomyoida — Systematik Stamm: Weichtiere (Mollusca) Unterstamm: Schalenweichtiere (Conchifera) Klasse: Muscheln (Bivalvia) Unterklasse … Deutsch Wikipedia
ossiculum — n. [L. dim. os, ossis, bone] . 1. An ossicle. 2. (MOLLUSCA: Bivalvia) A small calcareous plate reinforcing an internal ligament; a lithodesma … Dictionary of invertebrate zoology
