Definitions

Lamella

• A broad, flattened appendage. [Wilson, 1989]
• Thin flat plate or scale.
  (pl. lamellae) [Butler, T. H.]
• (Taxon-specific: Order Rhabditida) Barnacle plate feature: in unstalked form, outer and inner walls of paries and radius. Separated by longitudinal septa forming longitudinal tubes.
  (syn. lamina) [Stachowitsch, 1992]
• Inner lamella, outer lamella. [Stachowitsch, 1992]

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