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- name ("spiral-bearers") is the internal support for the lophop****; this brachidium, which is often preserved in fossils, is a thin ribbon of calcite that...
- A brachidium (coiled structure), supporting the lophop**** (feeding organ), visible between the valves of the Early Jur****ic (Pliensbachian) brachiopod...
- fluid extends into the tentacles. Some articulate brachiopods also have a brachidium, a calcareous support for the lophop**** attached to the inside of the...
- both of which are characterized by the development of a complex spiral brachidium. Although much diminished by the terminal Paleozoic extinction, it experienced...
- rhynchonelliform groups, the crura develop further into brachidia (singular: brachidium), looping or spiraling strands which support the entire length of the...