Crystalline arrangement and nanostructure of aragonitic crossed lamellar layers of the Meretrix lusoria shell

Zoology

Volumn 113, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 125-130

  Hayashi, Akiko ^a   Watanabe, Tomoaki ^a   Nakamura, Toshihiro ^a  

^a MEIJI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aragonite; Crossed lamellar layer; Crystallographic arrangement; Fourth order lamellae; Molluscan shell

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM CARBONATE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SNAIL; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRASTRUCTURE; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

ANIMALS; CALCIUM CARBONATE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; SNAILS; X-RAY DIFFRACTION;

MERETRIX LUSORIA;

EID: 77950341851     PISSN: 09442006     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.zool.2009.08.004     Document Type: Article

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