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On growth and form of irregular coiled-shell of a terrestrial snail: Plectostoma concinnum (Fulton, 1901) (Mollusca: Caenogastropoda: Diplommatinidae)
The molluscan shell can be viewed as a petrified representation of the organism’s ontogeny and thus can be used as a record of changes in form during growth. However, little empirical data is available on the actual growth and form of shells, as these are hard to quantify and examine simultaneously....
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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PeerJ Inc.
2014
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4034611/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24883245 http://dx.doi.org/10.7717/peerj.383 |