costae in English

noun
1
a rib, midrib, or riblike structure.
It has strong divaricate ornamentation of coarse costae and/or small plicae, which bear low, close nodes, but which cover both the anterior and posterior faces of the shell.
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1. Angulation Anomphalous apertural view aperture backward obliquity Bande basal view base Bohemia broad carina characters close collection columellar lip concave costae deep described DESCRIPTION Discussion dorsal earlier figures final whorl flat forward gastropods GENOTYPE gently arched genus gives rise growth lines Hall height holotype inner