Living and Fossil Brachiopods |
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aberrant abundant adductors apertures atrypides attached bivalve bivalve molluscs body wall brachial axes brachidia brachidium burrow calcareous calcite Cambrian Carboniferous cementation chitinophosphatic cilia coelom commissure concavo-convex convex costellae Cretaceous crura deltidium Devonian period diductors dorsal valve early evolution evolved exhalant external fauna feeding mechanisms fibres filaments foramen fossil brachiopods function gape genera grooves growth stages growth-lines hinge axis hinge line hydrostatic skeleton impunctate inarticulates inhalant interarea lamellae larval later Lingula lingulides living articulates living brachiopods living rhynchonellide living species living terebratulide lobes loop lophophore mantle cavity mantle tissue molluscs morphology muscle platforms Notosaria ontogeny orthides pair palaeontologists Palaeozoic particles pedicle PENTAMERIDA pentamerides periostracum Permian phylum plectolophe posterior probably protective ptycholophes quasi-infaunal reconstruction resorption rhynchonellides schizolophe secondary layer sediment sensitive mantle edges setae shell Silurian socket spiral spiralia spiriferides spirolophe strata strophomenides structure substrate transapical Triassic tubular spines valve edges valve surfaces ventral valve zig-zag zygolophe