operculum

hard structure which closes the aperture of a gastropod when the animal retreats into the shell

AnatomicalStructure anatomical_structure Q1480851

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Instance of: anatomical structure
Described by source: Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary^[2]
Different from: Operculum, Operculum (Wurmei)^[3]^[4]

🏷️ Also known as

en operculum cs Operkulum cs Operculum de Operkulum el επιπωμάτιο es opérculo es operculo fr opercule he גולל it opercolo ja 蓋 (腹足類) ja 貝蓋 ko 덮개 ko 뚜껑 ko 폐판 pl Wieczko pt operculum ru oперкулум брюхоногих ru Крышечка zh 厴

🔖 Identifiers · 4

BabelNet ID: 03123097n
Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID: science/operculum-invertebrate-anatomy
Freebase ID: /m/0b9t0q
Microsoft Academic ID (discontinued): 113691529

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operculum, Operculum

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Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary

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Operculum

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anatomical structure

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Summary

operculum is an anatomical structure^[1].

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Class ancestry

[1] ↑ operculum is an instance of anatomical structure (Q4936952) [P31, primary]. Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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