hingement
The connection between the two halves of a bivalve's shell.
Noun
- The connection between the two halves of a bivalve's shell.
- According to Scott (1961, p. Q84), the hingement of the Kirkbyacea resembles that found in the Kloedenellacea, suggesting a possible relationship between these superfamilies. - 1963, James Charles Melik, The Hingement...
- The genus Saipanetta has been suggested to be a surviving relict of the metacopidan superfamily Healdiacea because of its muscle scar pattern and narrow duplicature; nevertheless, it differs from the Metacopida in its...
- Okubo's illustration (Fig. 17b in [72], p. 425) clearly shows the large anterior hingement tooth on the female. However, he also did not refer to this characteristic or the morphology of the male's hingement in the...
Origin
From hinge + -ment.