Heartless and primitive? 3D reconstruction of the polar acochlidian gastropod Asperspina murmanica

Acta Zoologica

Volumn 90, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 228-245

  Neusser, Timea P ^a   Martynov, Alexander V ^b   Schrödl, Michael ^a  

^a ZOOLOGISCHE STAATSSAMMLUNG MÜNCHEN   (Germany)

^b MOSCOW STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Histology; Mantle cavity; Mollusca; Opisthobranchia; Phylogeny

Indexed keywords

ANATOMY; ARCTIC ENVIRONMENT; ASYMMETRY; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; GASTROPOD; NERVOUS SYSTEM; RECONSTRUCTION; REPRODUCTIVE BIOLOGY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SLUG; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING;

EURASIA; RUSSIAN FEDERATION;

GASTROPODA; MOLLUSCA; OPISTHOBRANCHIA;

EID: 67650832071     PISSN: 00017272     EISSN: 14636395     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1463-6395.2008.00342.x     Document Type: Article

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