operculum

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a hard flap serving as a cover for (a) the gill slits in fishes or (b) the opening of the shell in certain gastropods when the body is retracted

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(1989) used mark-recaptured whelks, growth lines on the operculum and laboratory-reared individuals to estimate the growth rate and age of knobbed whelks in an intertidal sand flat in Virginia.
Age and growth of the knobbed whelk Busycon carica (Gmelin 1791) in South Carolina subtidal waters
To protect against the line breaking from rubbing on rocks, the fish's gills or their razor sharp operculums (gill covers), I like to use a four to six foot mono leader of 50 lb.
Casting about: Montauk is New York's premier fall fishing spot for striped bass
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