Shell
The hard calcareous exoskeleton of a mollusc, used decoratively or as an inlay and veneer material, including nacreous mother-of-pearl layers.
Also called seashell.
How it connects
Shell is a kind of Natural organic.
Other kinds of Natural organic: Cane, Cellulose, Cork, Grass, Leather, Natural fibre, Natural resin, Palm, Plant oil, Seagrass, Tall oil and Wax.
In other taxonomies
- ShellUniclass, Ma_60_02_80nearly the same
- seashellWikidata, Q213096nearly the same
For developersRecord, identifiers and graph
Where it sits
One rule per term beside it, taller for each narrower term
Top of the axis
Shell
13 terms, Natural fibre to Tall oil
The word “shell”
2 meanings
- ShellMaterial, this termNo default
- shell-pinkColorScope named colorNo default
Record
- Also called
- seashell
- Seen in the wild
- mother of pearl
- Broader
- Natural organic
- Provenance
- authoredcomposition dictionary in a materials-retrieval system (src-05); in-house definition
For machines
Permanent address
/id/material/shellKnowledge graph
Stored incoming and outgoing relations from the public V1 graph. Ancestors, descendants, and siblings are labelled as derived views rather than stored facts.
- has-conceptMaterialincoming
- has-conceptMaterialincoming
- narrowerNatural organicincoming
- belongs-to-axisMaterialoutgoing
- belongs-to-facetMaterialoutgoing
- broaderNatural organicoutgoing
Derived hierarchy views
- ancestor (derived)Natural organicoutgoing
- sibling (derived)Caneoutgoing
- sibling (derived)Celluloseoutgoing
- sibling (derived)Corkoutgoing
- sibling (derived)Grassoutgoing
- sibling (derived)Leatheroutgoing
- sibling (derived)Natural fibreoutgoing
- sibling (derived)Natural resinoutgoing
- sibling (derived)Palmoutgoing
- sibling (derived)Plant oiloutgoing
- sibling (derived)Seagrassoutgoing
- sibling (derived)Tall oiloutgoing
- sibling (derived)Waxoutgoing
Crosswalks
| Scheme | Identifier | Their label, or the search | How close |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uniclass | Ma_60_02_80 | Shell | nearly the same |
| Wikidata | Q213096 | seashell | nearly the same |