prodissoconch

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prodissoconch (noun; Latin pro, before; dis, two; concha, shell): (Mollusca: Bivalvia) 1. The embryonic shell. 2. Early shell secreted by the shell gland of the larva. 3. Later shell secreted by the mantle edge.