patelline
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patelline (not comparable)
- (rare) Of or pertaining to the family Patellidae of limpets.
- 1940, Catalogue of Foraminifera, volume 107:
- After about three convolutions the test assumes the normal patelline mode of growth, and, except for size and distinctness of markings does not differ from Williamson's Type.