What does ectocochlear mean?
Ectocochlear means (malacology, rare) Having the shell external to the body..
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Pronunciation varies by accent · adjective
(malacology, rare) Having the shell external to the body..
These may be very elongate (longicone) or short and rather swollen (brevicone). It has been generally assumed that all fossil cephalopods with straight or curved shells were ectocochlear, i.e. that the shell was wholly external to the body.
Such markings would be apparent only if they were external; this is regarded as good evidence that in such taxa the conch was ectocochlear. Additional evidence is given by cells encrusted with oriented patterns of epizoans that attached[…]
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Ectocochlear means (malacology, rare) Having the shell external to the body..
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These may be very elongate (longicone) or short and rather swollen (brevicone). It has been generally assumed that all fossil cephalopods with straight or curved shells were ectocochlear, i.e. that the shell was wholly external to the body.
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