Rhynchonelliformea: Information from Answers.com
... a fibrous secondary shell layer, a pedicle without a coelomic core, a
diductor muscle system, and the presence of articulation between the two valves.
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JSTOR: Diductor Muscles of Brachiopods: Active or Passive?
Diductor muscles of brachiopods: active or passive? Charles W. Thayer.
Department of Geology, University of Pennsylvania, Phila- delphia, Pennsylvania
19174 ...
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lampshell: Information from Answers.com
The diductor muscles are used to open the shell for feeding; they have two large
foundations on the ventral valve and an attachment area on the rear tip of ...
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diductor - Definition from the Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary
Definition of diductor from the Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary with audio
pronunciations, thesaurus, Word of the Day, and word games.
www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/diductor

brachiopod: Definition from Answers.com
Brachiopods use internal diductor muscles to pull their two valves apart; they
close the two with adductor muscles. A second major difference is that most ...
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Acta Palaeontologica Polonica - Maximizing diductor adhension: An ...
Cardinal process is a structure on dorsal valve of brachiopods serving for
separation or attachment of diductor muscles. A cardinal process with a peculiar
...
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Diductor muscles of brachiopods; active or passive? -- Thayer 1 (1 ...
Diductor muscles of brachiopods; active or passive? Charles W. Thayer. Univ. Pa.
, Dep. Geol., Philadelphia, Pa., United States ...
paleobiol.geoscienceworld.org/ cgi/content/abstract/1/1/44

CiNii - ULTRASTRUCTURAL INVESTIGATIONS OF THE ADDUCTOR AND ...
ULTRASTRUCTURAL INVESTIGATIONS OF THE ADDUCTOR AND DIDUCTOR IN BRACHIOPODA :
Morphology : Abstracts of papers presented at the 60th Annual Meeting of the ...
ci.nii.ac.jp/naid/110003356047/en

BioOne Online Journals - Bivalves: An Eon of Evolution ...
He views as key innovations the loss of a functional ligament and its
substitution by diductor muscles. Herein lies a major problem, as Seilacher has
to ...
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Bivalves: An Eon of Evolution. Paleobio- logical Studies Honoring ...
his diductor muscles remain entirely hypothetical. If rudistslost their ...
hence, not only did radiolitids not have diductor muscles, they did not ...
palaios.sepmonline.org/cgi/reprint/15/2/172.pdf