Meanings
adjectivepatelline (not comparable)
- not comparablerareOf or pertaining to the family Patellidae of limpets.
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.
1940, Catalogue of Foraminifera, volume 107
Origin
From Translingual Patell(idae) + English -ine.
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