protoplax

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protoplax (noun; Greek protos, first; plax, flat plate): (Mollusca: Bivalvia) In Pholadidae, simple, nearly flat, dorsal chitinous or calcareous plate anterior to the umbo

See also: mesoplax, metaplax.

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