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Operculate
Operculate O*per"cu*late, Operculated O*per"cu*la`ted, a.
[L. operculatus, p. p. of operculare to furnish with a lid,
fr. operculum lid.]
1. (Bot.) Closed by a lid or cover, as the capsules of the
mosses.
2. (Zo["o]l.) Having an operculum, or an apparatus for
protecting the gills; -- said of shells and of fishes.
Meaning of Operculate from wikipedia
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important in
intertidal marine snails during low tide, and this also
enables operculate freshwater and land
snails to
survive periods of
drought and dry weather...
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species of very
small fresh water snail with an operculum, an
aquatic operculate gastropod mollusks in the
family Hydrobiidae.
Species in the
genus Rifia...
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Torrella is a
genus of
operculate land snails,
terrestrial gastropod mollusks in the
family Pomatiidae. The
distribution of the
genus Torrella includes...
- present). The
aperture may have a lid (operculum),
hence is
described as
operculate.
However the term
inaperturate covers a wide
range of
morphological types...
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snails is the Cyclophoroidea, with more than 7,000 species. Many of
these operculate land
snails live in
habitats or
microhabitats that are
sometimes (or often)...
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Larina is a
genus of
large operculate freshwater snails,
aquatic gastropod mollusks in the
family Viviparidae.
Species within the
genus Larina include...
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ellipsoid and
measure 8 by 16 µm.
Svrcek M,
Kubicka J. (1961). "Some
operculate Discomycetes from the
vicinity of the pond 'Dvoriste' in
southern Bohemia"...
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mechanisms that can be
grouped into the
broad categories of
operculate or inoperculate.
Operculate discharge involves the
complete or
incomplete detachment...
- Ser**** vermicularis,
known by
common names including the
calcareous tubeworm, fan worm,
plume worm or red tube worm, is a
species of
segmented marine...
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Neritina natalensis The
Caenogastropoda are a
large group of
gilled operculate snails,
which are
largely marine. In
freshwater habitats there are ten...