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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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Autores principales: Liew, Thor-Seng, Kok, Annebelle C.M., Schilthuizen, Menno, Urdy, Severine
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: 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