pallial line
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pallial line — noun also pallial impression : a mark on the inner surface of a bivalve shell more or less parallel with the margin caused by the attachment of the mantle … Useful english dictionary
disjunct pallial line — (MOLLUSCA: Bivalvia) A pallial line broken up into unequal muscle attachments … Dictionary of invertebrate zoology
Pallial — Pal li*al, a. [L. pallium a mantle. See {Pall}.] (Zo[ o]l.) Of or pertaining to a mantle, especially to the mantle of mollusks; produced by the mantle; as, the pallial line, or impression, which marks the attachment of the mantle on the inner… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Pallial chamber — Pallial Pal li*al, a. [L. pallium a mantle. See {Pall}.] (Zo[ o]l.) Of or pertaining to a mantle, especially to the mantle of mollusks; produced by the mantle; as, the pallial line, or impression, which marks the attachment of the mantle on the… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Pallial sinus — Pallial Pal li*al, a. [L. pallium a mantle. See {Pall}.] (Zo[ o]l.) Of or pertaining to a mantle, especially to the mantle of mollusks; produced by the mantle; as, the pallial line, or impression, which marks the attachment of the mantle on the… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
pallial region — (MOLLUSCA: Bivalvia) Marginal region inside the shell next to the pallial line … Dictionary of invertebrate zoology
pallial sinus — 1. (BRACHIOPODA) see mantle canal. 2. (MOLLUSCA: Bivalvia) A notch or recess in the pallial line … Dictionary of invertebrate zoology
pallial sinus — noun 1. : an often conspicuous inward bend in the posterior part of the pallial line of a bivalve mollusk 2. : any of the branching channels through which fluids circulate in the mantle of a brachiopod … Useful english dictionary
pallial impression — noun see pallial line … Useful english dictionary
Bivalve shell — The bivalve shell is one kind of seashell, and in life it is composed of two parts, two valves. The bivalve shell is part of the body, the exoskeleton, of a bivalve mollusk. Bivalves are a common part of the marine fauna worldwide (scallops,… … Wikipedia
