Cargando…

Functional and evolutionary perspectives on gill structures of an obligate air-breathing, aquatic snail

Ampullariids are freshwater gastropods bearing a gill and a lung, thus showing different degrees of amphibiousness. In particular, Pomacea canaliculata (Caenogastropoda, Ampullariidae) is an obligate air-breather that relies mainly or solely on the lung for dwelling in poorly oxygenated water, for a...

Descripción completa

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Rodriguez, Cristian, Prieto, Guido I., Vega, Israel A., Castro-Vazquez, Alfredo
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: PeerJ Inc. 2019
Materias:
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6679647/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31396441
http://dx.doi.org/10.7717/peerj.7342