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Not just scratching the surface: distinct radular motion patterns in Mollusca
The radula is the organ for mechanical food processing and an important autapomorphy of Mollusca. Its chitinous membrane, embedding small radular teeth, is moved by the set of muscles resulting in an interaction with the ingesta, tearing it and collecting loosened particles. Radulae and their teeth...
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| Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
| Lenguaje: | English |
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The Company of Biologists Ltd
2020
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| Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7595699/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32917764 http://dx.doi.org/10.1242/bio.055699 |