A Dictionary of science, literature, and art [electronic resource]: comprising the history, description, and scientific principles of every branch of human knowledge; with the derivation and definition of all the terms in general use (1844)
Brande, William Thomas, 1788-1866, Cauvin, Joseph · New York : Harper & brothers · leaf 279
hind the fissurethere is sometimes a small depression, called the suture(h, fig. 5). The general more or less convex surface ofeach valve is called the venter, or belly, which term!-nates in (he limb, circumference, or margin. The most important part of the margin is that which ismodified to form… … CONCHOLOGY. the depressions of the other. The projections of teeth,together with ttie cavities or cardinal pits, are very regu-lar in their formation in each genus and species of Bivalve.What is of more importance is, that every modification inthe structure of the hinge is generally found to…
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