nucleoconch
English
Etymology
nucleo- + conch
Noun
nucleoconch (plural nucleoconchs or nucleoconches)
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.- 1945, John West Wells, American Old and Middle Tertiary Larger Foraminifera and Corals (page 77)
- This nucleoconch is less than half the size of that seen in the sections of D. crassa.
- 1954, Alan Hilder Smout, British Museum (Natural History), Lower Tertiary Foraminifera of the Qatar Peninsula (page 25)
- A microspheric nucleoconch does not have an obvious deuteroconch, and is followed by a spiral nepionic stage, no matter what the adult chamber arrangement may be.
- 1945, John West Wells, American Old and Middle Tertiary Larger Foraminifera and Corals (page 77)