occludent
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The occludent margin is curved, and blends by a regular sweep into the carinal margin, so that there is no acute upper angle.
From A Monograph on the Sub-class Cirripedia With Figures of all the Species. by Darwin, Charles
Scuta, with the occludent margin rounded and protuberant to a variable degree, but always leaving a rather wide space between the margin, and the ridge which runs from the umbo to the apex; apex pointed.
From A Monograph on the Sub-class Cirripedia With Figures of all the Species. by Darwin, Charles
Complemental Male flask-formed, with four rudimentary valves; no mouth; cirri not prehensile; attached to the occludent margin of the scutum, near the umbo.
From A Monograph on the Sub-class Cirripedia With Figures of all the Species. by Darwin, Charles
Out of the numerous specimens, all excepting one had their scuta unequally convex, with their occludent margins unequally curved, that of the more convex valve at the umbo, curling beyond the medial line.
From A Monograph on the Sub-class Cirripedia With Figures of all the Species. by Darwin, Charles
Scuta, with the basal segment narrower than the occludent segment, and about half as long as it.
From A Monograph on the Sub-class Cirripedia With Figures of all the Species. by Darwin, Charles
