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ID: 300451564
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/aat/300451564

 

Record Type: concept
opercula (animal components, biological components, ... Components (hierarchy name))

 

Note: The calcareous, horny, or shelly plates secreted by some gastropod mollusks, which serve to close the shell when the animal is retracted. These are found in many marine and some terrestrial and freshwater species. Opercula are used in jewelry or as decoration on art and ceremonial objects.
 
Terms:
opercula (preferred,C,U,English-P,D,U,PN)
operculum (C,U,English,AD,U,SN)
operculum (Dutch-P,D,U,N)
operculums (C,U,English,UF,U,PN)

Facet/Hierarchy Code:  V.PJ

Hierarchical Position:

Hierarchy of Objects Facet
Objects Facet
Hierarchy of Components (hierarchy name)
.... Components (hierarchy name) (G)
Hierarchy of components (objects parts)
........ components (objects parts) (G)
Hierarchy of <components by specific context>
............ <components by specific context> (G)
Hierarchy of biological components
................ biological components (G)
Hierarchy of animal components
.................... animal components (G)
Hierarchy of opercula
........................ opercula (G)

Additional Notes:
Dutch ..... Het operculum is een 'dekseltje' waarmee bij bepaalde groepen slakkensoorten de mondopening van de schelp kan worden afgesloten als het dier zich daarin teruggetrokken heeft. Het wordt bij veel mariene, en een deel van de land- en zoetwatersoorten aangetroffen. Het operculum, meestal afkomstig van de familie van de Turbinidae-slakken, wordt gebruikt in juwelen of bij bepaalde culturen ter versiering van kunst(objecten) of ceremoniĆ«le objecten. 

Related concepts:
made of/require ....  shell (animal material)
............................  (<animal shell and shell material>, combination inorganic/organic animal material, ... Materials (hierarchy name)) [300011829]

Sources and Contributors:
opercula............  [VP Preferred]
.................  Merriam-Webster Dictionary [online] (2008-)
.................  Newman, Illustrated Dictionary of Jewelry (1981)
.................  Oxford English Dictionary Online (2002-)
operculum............  [RKD Preferred, VP]
....................  Coomans, Het operculum. IN: De Kreukel, 5(8) 93-95
....................  Lauwers, Noordzeeschelpen, 1982 25
....................  Newman, An Illustrated Dictionary of Jewelry (1987) 221-222
....................  RKD-Nederlands Instituut voor Kunstgeschiedenis [database] (2021-)
operculums............  [VP]
.......................  Merriam-Webster Dictionary [online] (2008-)
 
Subject: .....  [RKD, VP]
............  RKD-Nederlands Instituut voor Kunstgeschiedenis [database] (2021-)
 
Note:
English .......... [RKD, VP]
.......... Merriam-Webster Dictionary [online] (2008-)
.......... Oxford English Dictionary Online (2002-)
.......... RKD-Nederlands Instituut voor Kunstgeschiedenis [database] (2021-)
Dutch .......... [RKD, VP]
.......... RKD-Nederlands Instituut voor Kunstgeschiedenis [database] (2021-)

 

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