Dear Conchlers, Dear Nancy,

the Scaphander lignarius from the Mediterranean have 3 plates.
with best regards
Helmut from Innsbruck


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> Dear Nancy,
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> I think what you describe are the gastric plates of a scaphander.  They
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> always inside the animal and I think normally they are three plates which
> are held together by some muscle tissue and also some bony material.
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> Kind regards
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