occludent

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In the upper part, the occludent segments leave the membranous margin of the orifice, and run in near to the terga, bending towards them at an angle of 45� with their lower part.

From A Monograph on the Sub-class Cirripedia With Figures of all the Species. by Darwin, Charles

There are two occludent margins, meeting each other at right angles, and forming a prominence, as in Lepas; and this gives to the margin of the valve the five prominences.

From A Monograph on the Sub-class Cirripedia With Figures of all the Species. by Darwin, Charles

Valves 5; carina with a truncated and crested base; scuta with strong internal umbonal teeth; terga with the basal point truncated, almost parallel to the occludent margin.

From A Monograph on the Sub-class Cirripedia With Figures of all the Species. by Darwin, Charles

Terga, large, flat, triangular; carinal margin slightly hollowed out; occludent margin slightly arched, with a small portion protuberant to a variable amount.

From A Monograph on the Sub-class Cirripedia With Figures of all the Species. by Darwin, Charles

The apex of the valve is thick and solid, and must have projected freely for a length equalling one third of the occludent margin.

From A Monograph on the Sub-class Cirripedia With Figures of all the Species. by Darwin, Charles