Definition of Protoconchs. Meaning of Protoconchs. Synonyms of Protoconchs

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Definition of Protoconchs

Protoconch
Protoconch Pro"to*conch, n. [Proto- + conch.] (Zo["o]l.) The embryonic shell, or first chamber, of ammonites and other cephalopods.

Meaning of Protoconchs from wikipedia

- s**** and the protoconch of Atlanta lesueurii: Page, Louise (2000). "Inflated Protoconchs and Internally Dissolved, Coiled Protoconchs of Nudibranch Larvae:...
- Archaeogastropoda. This has been confirmed by new findings on archaeopod-type protoconchs in species from this families, dating from the early Devonian. Family...
- suggesting a long-lived planktonic larval life stage (reflected by their protoconchs); but by the Ordovician distinct ****emblages were becoming evident. Some...
- Protoconch—a larval s**** of a mollusc; also refers to protoconch whorls of an adult s**** Teleoconch—all the whorls of a s**** after the protoconch whorls...
- World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010. Bouchet P. 2002. Protoconchs, dispersal, and tectonic plates biogeography: new pacific species of...
- medallion-shaped egg pouches. Each pouch of the string contains numerous protoconchs (baby whelks), similar in appearance to adults but with fewer whorls...
- more primitive nautiloids by the small size and globular shape of the protoconch, the so-called embryonic s****. Nautiloids have relatively large embryonic...
- Desmopteridae. The species are protandric hermaphrodites. There is no s****, no protoconch and no longer any supporting tissue. The body consists almost completely...
- World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010. Bouchet P. 2002. Protoconchs, dispersal, and tectonic plates biogeography: new pacific species of...
- Bactrotheca is an extinct genus of orthothecid hyolith with a bulbous "protoconch". DZIK, J. 1980. Ontogeny of Bactrotheca and related hyoliths. GFF, 102...