Organic sheets in the shells of endolithic mytilids (Bivalvia: Mytilidae)

Paleontological Research

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 159-166

  Owada, Masato ^a  

^a KANAGAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Boring bivalves; Functional morphology; Mytilidae; Organic sheets; Shell microstructure; Shell repair

Indexed keywords

BIVALVE; BORING; FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY; MICROSTRUCTURE; SEAWATER; SHELL;

ADULA; BIVALVIA; BOTULA FUSCA; LEIOSOLENUS; MYTILIDAE;

EID: 77749305079     PISSN: 13428144     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2517/1342-8144-13.2.159     Document Type: Article

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