Embryonic shell formation in the snail Biomphalaria glabrata: A comparison between scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and synchrotron radiation micro computer tomography (SRμCT)

Journal of Molluscan Studies

Volumn 74, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 19-26

  Marxen, Julia C ^a   Prymak, Oleg ^b   Beckmann, Felix ^c   Neues, Frank ^b   Epple, Matthias ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DUISBURG ESSEN   (Germany)

^c INSTITUTE OF MATERIALS RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; HATCHING; JUVENILE; MEASUREMENT METHOD; MINERALIZATION; RESOLUTION; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SHELL; SNAIL; TOMOGRAPHY;

BASOMMATOPHORA; BIOMPHALARIA GLABRATA; GASTROPODA;

EID: 39349105257     PISSN: 02601230     EISSN: 14643766     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/mollus/eym044     Document Type: Article

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