Definition of Rhachidian. Meaning of Rhachidian. Synonyms of Rhachidian

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Definition of Rhachidian

Rhachidian
Rhachidian Rha*chid"i*an, a. Of or pertaining to the rhachis; as, the rhachidian teeth of a mollusk.

Meaning of Rhachidian from wikipedia

- radula is heterodont (or heteroglossan), featuring a multicuspid central rhachidian tooth and unicuspid lateral teeth. Vitreledonella richardi is found in...
- The jaws are developed or absent. The radula is rhipidoglossate. The rhachidian teeth are always present and well-developed. The lateral teeth generally...
- and the shape of the teeth agrees with that of the known species. The rhachidian tooth has a subquadrate body, narrower in front, with a concave upper...
- (Geb. der Schnecken, ii, pi. 20, fig. 7), except that the bases of the rhachidian and lateral teeth are subcircular, and on a few of the scythe-shaped cusps...
- the median rows, and cross even the uncini of the opposite side. The rhachidian or median tooth has a subquadrate basal part, with rounded, convex posterior...
- central part are very thin and transparent, without distinct cusps; the rhachidian tooth (R) is broadly winged, bow-shaped, at its upper part it is thickened...
- Trophon, the lateral teeth having an elongated base of attachment but the rhachidian tooth has numerous minute denticles between the prin****l ones, corresponding...
- surface under the microscope. The quite minute radula is peculiar. The rhachidian and (on each side) five laterals have broad simple bases with a pear-shaped...
- It is closely applied to the s****. The long radula has a long, narrow rhachidian tooth. It is lanceolate with its tip narrowand recurved. There are 26...
- about ⅓ mm in breadth. It has about 20 transverse rows of teeth; the rhachidian tooth is broad, depressed quadrangular with rounded upper angles and pointed...