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• murus — (Class Ostracoda): Type of valve sculpture: one element in a meshwork of walls forming a reticulate patterm. A single mesh in reticulum consisting of central space (solum) and surrounding muri is termed fossa. (caperate, excavate, foveolate,… …   Crustacea glossary

• valve — Lateral part of divided carapace commonly joined to opposite part by hingement along dorsal mid line (e.g., Ostracoda, Conchostraca, Leptostraca) [Moore and McCormick, 1969]. Lateral part of divided carapace, commonly joined to opposite part by… …   Crustacea glossary