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

- A fasciole in mollusks refers to a band or ribbon-like structure that is often seen as a flattened, slightly depressed area on the s****, formed by the...
- slender with a longer anterior canal and a deeper posterior sinus. The anal fasciole and the spaces between the spiral ridges are distinctly striate spirally...
- The suture is appressed, obscure, behind a strongly constricted anal fasciole sculptured with almost microscopic spiral striae. The other spiral sculpture...
- The surface of the s**** is microscopically granose or shagreened. The fasciole is wide, smooth except for faint arched incremental lines, excavated, extending...
- 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...
- suture and on the obscure angle just in front of the fasciole, elsewhere nearly obsolete. The fasciole is very slightly impressed. The anal notch is very...
- constricted anal fasciole in front of it. About sixteen subequal, low, rounded protective ribs cross the upper whorls from in front of the fasciole with subequal...
- subsequent whorls. The apex is bulbous. The suture is appressed and the fasciole is somewhat concave. The axial sculpture consists of (on the penultimate...
- aperture is narrow. The anal sulcus is wide and round but with no marked fasciole or subsutural callus. The outer lip is thick, infolded, the fine sculpture...
- thickened and undulated by the sculpture. The anal sulcus is shallow but the fasciole constricted and nearly smooth. The axial sculpture consists of (on the...