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Early Stage Biomineralization in the Periostracum of the ‘Living Fossil’ Bivalve Neotrigonia

A detailed investigation of the shell formation of the palaeoheterodont ‘living fossil’ Neotrigonia concentrated on the timing and manufacture of the calcified ‘bosses’ which stud the outside of all trigonioid bivalves (extant and fossil) has been conducted. Electron microscopy and optical microscop...

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Autores principales: Checa, Antonio G., Salas, Carmen, Harper, Elizabeth M., Bueno-Pérez, Juan de Dios
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3934977/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24587202
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0090033