Microstructural characterization of inner shell layers in the freshwater bivalve anodonta cygnea

Journal of Shellfish Research

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 969-973

  Lopes Lima, Manuel ^a,b   Rocha, António ^a   Gonçalves, Fernando ^a,b   Andrade, José ^a   MacHado, Jorge ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Anodonta cygnea; bivalve; calcification; nacre; scanning electronic microscopy; shell structure

Indexed keywords

ANODONTA; ANODONTA CYGNEA; BIVALVIA;

EID: 79551698826     PISSN: 07308000     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2983/035.029.0431     Document Type: Article

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