An Illustrated and Cross-Referenced Glossary of Malacological and Conchological Terms |
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by Paul S. Mikkelsen |
Term | Definition |
CHAMBERED | Having an essentially discontinuous cavity, usually separated by diaphragms or septa, as in the chambers of the CHAMBERED NAUTILUS (chambers also occur in some species of Spondylus and several turrited gastropods); see also: CONCAMERATIONS. | |
CHAMBERED NAUTILUS | [need definition]. A CEPHALOPOD… ; see also: CONCAMERATIONS; PHRAGMOCONE; SIPHUNCLE. | |
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