sutural
- a word derived from suture.
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Vermiform, with thick girdle and small valves; insertion and sutural plates strongly drawn forward, sharp and smooth.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 2 "Chicago, University of" to "Chiton" by Various
The spores on the left and right are lying with the sutural plane horizontal, that in the middle with the sutural plane vertical.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 3 "Electrostatics" to "Engis" by Various
Ischnochitoninae.—No shell-eyes: sutural laminae separated; slits in the valves 1-7 do not correspond with the ribs of the tegmentum.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 2 "Chicago, University of" to "Chiton" by Various
The greatest length of the spore is usually in the sutural plane.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 3 "Electrostatics" to "Engis" by Various
Broken specimens show sutural faces, but many nearly complete specimens show little or no indication of sutures, without regard to size of the girdles.
From A New Genus of Pennsylvania Fish (Crossoperygii, Coelacanthiformes) from Kansas by Echols, Joan
