Tube construction in the watering pot shell Brechites vaginiferus (Bivalvia; Anomalodesmata; Clavagelloidea)

Acta Zoologica

Volumn 85, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 149-161

  Harper, Elizabeth M ^a   Morton, Brian ^b  

^a Department of Earth Sciences ^*  (United Kingdom)

^b WESTERN AUSTRALIAN MUSEUM   (Australia)

Author keywords

Biomineralization; Calcification; Shell formation

Indexed keywords

CALCIFICATION; DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; MORPHOLOGY; SHELL;

ANIMALIA; ANOMALODESMATA; BIVALVIA; BRECHITES VAGINIFERUS; CLAVAGELLOIDEA;

EID: 12444272726     PISSN: 00017272     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0001-7272.2004.00165.x     Document Type: Article

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