Geoscience Glossary Definition (English)
Valve Defined
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"Siliceous part of the frustule (more or less flattened and ornamented, plates) containing most of the morphological features used to describe diatoms (taxonmically, morphologically, etc.). Each valve has two surfaces, the face and the mantle."
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