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relict
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rel·ict (rlkt, r-lkt)
n.
Something that has survived; a remnant.


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tuberculata is a relict species from the ancient Tethys Sea, and that the abalones dispersed eastwards, which is in agreement with the eastward dispersal pattern in the Pacific.
Relict Species I follow here the definition of a relict species proposed by Lincoln et al.
Known from fossil records to have existed 400,000 years ago, it is one of many glacial relict species that are found in the region of northeast Iowa, northwest Illinois, southeast Minnesota, and southwest Wisconsin called the driftless area.
 
 
 
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