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Deutsche Protoconch {m} [zool.] Synonyme

Englische protoconch; embryonic shell; first chamber; initial chamber; apical chamber Synonyme

protoconch Definition

Protoconch
(n.) The embryonic shell, or first chamber, of ammonites and other cephalopods.

protoconch Bedeutung

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A protoconch is an embryonic or larval shell which occurs in some classes of molluscs, e.g., the initial chamber of an ammonite or the larval shell of a gastropod. In older texts it is also called "nucleus". The protoconch may sometimes consist of several whorls, but when this is the case, the whorls show no growth lines.