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The top is called the carapace and the bottom is called the plastron.

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What is the tortoise shell called?

The upper part of the shell is the carapace.


Why was a battering ram called a tortoise?

A tortoise goes about its life looking after its shell and the battering ram is covered with a shell/roof.


Does a gopher tortoise have a hard or soft shell?

it has a soft shell


What Hermes Tortoise mean?

it kind of means that Hermes is associated with the tortoise. he used it a shell of a tortoise to create a lyre (an instrument, like a harp) hope this helps..


How do you care for a injured turtle whose shell has been punctured?

In 1991 our family had a tortoise and the family dog bit a hole in it's shell. Actually, two. We took the tortoise to a friend who cleaned the holes and applied plaster-of-paris. For years the tortoise had the plaster cast on it, and as the tortoise grew, pieces of the plaster would come off. All these years later, the plaster is completely gone, and the tortoise has a beautiful shell. You can't even tell that it ever had a problem. In 1991 our family had a tortoise and the family dog bit a hole in it's shell. Actually, two. We took the tortoise to a friend who cleaned the holes and applied plaster-of-paris. For years the tortoise had the plaster cast on it, and as the tortoise grew, pieces of the plaster would come off. All these years later, the plaster is completely gone, and the tortoise has a beautiful shell. You can't even tell that it ever had a problem. In 1991 our family had a tortoise and the family dog bit a hole in it's shell. Actually, two. We took the tortoise to a friend who cleaned the holes and applied plaster-of-paris. For years the tortoise had the plaster cast on it, and as the tortoise grew, pieces of the plaster would come off. All these years later, the plaster is completely gone, and the tortoise has a beautiful shell. You can't even tell that it ever had a problem.

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What is a other name for a turtle shell?

A turtle or tortoise's shell has two parts; the top domelike piece is called a carapace. The bottom is called a plastron.


The hard upper shell of a tortoise is called a?

The upper shell is called the dorsal carapace.


What is the tortoise shell called?

The upper part of the shell is the carapace.


Why was a battering ram called a tortoise?

A tortoise goes about its life looking after its shell and the battering ram is covered with a shell/roof.


What is a other name for a turtle?

A turtle or tortoise's shell has two parts; the top domelike piece is called a carapace. The bottom is called a plastron.


If a shell reptile live in salt water its called what?

Tortoise


Why is the tortoise shell rough?

To protect the tortoise.


In the fable of the tortoise how does the tortoise get a broken shell?

His shell breaks when he has to jump to his home from up in the sky


How do you draw a tortoise shell without the tortoise in it?

you draw the tortoise and then rub out its body


How are the tortoise shell useful to them?

The tortoise's shell is their home. The shell has a hard cover and can protect them when something hard hits it. If they do not have the shell, they would have died fast.


Where is the tortoise shell in you spy?

It is in the clock and it is the shell of a turtle


Why would you find a huge empty tortoise shell and not the tortoise?

Unfortunately, it is a myth that turtles and tortoises can leave or change their shells. The shell is actually a hard, protective covering over the turtle or tortoise's ribs. So if you find an empty tortoise shell that means that that tortoise has died and decomposed.