Definition of Fasciole. Meaning of Fasciole. Synonyms of Fasciole

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Definition of Fasciole

Fasciole
Fasciole Fas"ci*ole, n. [L. fasciola a little bandage. See Fascia.] (Zo["o]l.) A band of minute tubercles, bearing modified spines, on the shells of spatangoid sea urchins. See Spatangoidea.

Meaning of Fasciole from wikipedia

- appressed posterior margin of the whorl to the anterior suture line. The fasciole is indicated on the first volution of the spire. Faintly impressed spirals...
- the body whorl the peripheral cord is not prominent but from the anal fasciole to the siphonal canal are about 16 strong threads with wider interspaces...
- body. Tertiaries occur fortuitously. The anterior fasciole is very finely threaded. The posterior fasciole is broad, concave, sharply delimited both by its...
- whorl between the shoulder and the spirally threaded siphonal fasciole. The anal fasciole is not spirally striate. The axial sculpture consists of (on...
- subsequent whorls. The apex is bulbous. The suture is appressed and the fasciole is somewhat concave. The axial sculpture consists of (on the penultimate...
- and an oblique dark brown fasciole from the costal margin to the median vein at the basal fifth. The costa beyond this fasciole is dark brown and there...
- larger (height 19 mm, diameter 9 mm.), with the suture appressed, the fasciole close to it, and bearing three or four spiral grooves The length of the...
- granulated. The surface of the fasciole is slightly undulated by the obsolete ends of the ribs, otherwise smooth. The fasciole is nearly smooth, bordered...
- anal fasciole, beyond which they become fainter, closer, and obscure, being over-ridden by the spirals which they minutely undulate. The fasciole is slightly...
- spiral sculpture, a more constricted anal fasciole and a stronger and more angular band between the fasciole and the suture. The number of whorls is about...