exuviation
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After the exuviation of the larval integuments, and when calcification commences, the first layer of shell is deposited under, and then round these primordial valves.
From A Monograph on the Sub-class Cirripedia With Figures of all the Species. by Charles Darwin
It had, probably, undergone only one exuviation since its metamorphosis, for the larva is nearly as long, namely, 25/1000ths of an inch.
From A Monograph on the Sub-class Cirripedia With Figures of all the Species. by Charles Darwin
About a month after this exuviation the animal perished accidentally, having been two years and eight months under examination.
From Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 433 Volume 17, New Series, April 17, 1852 by Robert Chambers
This last shell of 12th September subsisted until 29th March, being 197 days, when it was thrown off during another exuviation.'
From Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 433 Volume 17, New Series, April 17, 1852 by Robert Chambers
This was the same animal, which had performed exuviation, and extricated itself from the old shell during the night.
From Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 433 Volume 17, New Series, April 17, 1852 by Robert Chambers
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