Westoll lines

Westoll lines
more or less concentric lines of discontinuity in the cosmine of Dipnoi, probably due to cyclic resorption and redeposition during growth occurring on the bases of individual scales and also as large structures between headshield plates

Dictionary of ichthyology. 2009.

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