- In biology, a
rachis /ˈreɪkɪs/ (from the
Ancient Gr****: ῥάχις [rhákhis], "backbone, spine") is a main axis or "shaft". In vertebrates,
rachis can refer...
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calcitic layer. The
rachidian teeth have
three large cusps but no
marginal cusps,
instead the
outer sides of the
lateral cusps on the
rachidian have a comb-like...
- Each row of
radular teeth consists of One
central or
median tooth (or
rachidian tooth,
rachis tooth) On each side: one or more
lateral teeth And then...
- rhachi(o)-
spine Gr**** ῥάχις (rhákhis),
spine or
backbone rachial, rachialgia,
rachidian,
rachiopathy rhin(o)- of or
pertaining to the nose Gr**** ῥίς, ῥῑνο- (rhís...
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longitudinally crenulated s**** sculpture, and a
broadly triangular central rachidian radular tooth and a lack of
umbilical callus.
Fresh s**** were also found...
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displaying sculpture that may
persist on
later whorls. They
possess a
rachidian radula.
These snails can be
found worldwide in deep water. Some authors...
- prey on
barnacles and the
others eat bryozoans. The
radula contains a
rachidian tooth when
fully developed, but this is
vestigial in some species. Species...
- has a
length of 1.20 mm, the
rachidian tooth about.18 mm. wide (longer diameter). The
paired medial cusps of the
rachidian tooth are more
widely separated...
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algae such as
Bryopsis pennata,
which it
rasps with each of a
series of
rachidian teeth. E.
rufescens grazes on
Bryopsis sp., an alga that
defends itself...
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umbilical septum. The s**** has
punctate microsculpture. Radula: the
rachidian tooth is
broader than high and has the
lateral wings prominent. The lateral...
