foveolate


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foveolate

[′fō·vē·ə‚lāt]
(biology)
Having small depressions; pitted.
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The apical whorls are sculptured only with axial pliculae and subsequent whorls with both spiral cords and axial pliculae that interact to produce a cancellate or foveolate sculpture (not obviously beaded).
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