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Feeding experiments on Vittina turrita (Mollusca, Gastropoda, Neritidae) reveal tooth contact areas and bent radular shape during foraging

The radula is the food gathering and processing structure and one important autapomorphy of the Mollusca. It is composed of a chitinous membrane with small, embedded teeth representing the interface between the organism and its ingesta. In the past, various approaches aimed at connecting the tooth m...

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Autores principales: Krings, Wencke, Hempel, Christine, Siemers, Lisa, Neiber, Marco T., Gorb, Stanislav N.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group UK 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8099886/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33953284
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-88953-7