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II.—On the Punctation of the Shells of Terebratula

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 May 2009

F. G. Percival
F. G. Percival
Affiliation:
Assistant Lecturer in Geology at the University of Manchester.
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In 1844 Carpenter [1] divided the fossils then known as Terebratula into two groups—a perforate group, having the test covered with minute pores, and an imperforate group (the Rhynchonellids). These perforations (see Plate III) correspond to tubular processes of the mantle.

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Geological Magazine , Volume 3 , Issue 2 , February 1916 , pp. 51 - 56
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1916

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