Microstructures of the larval shell of a pearl oyster, Pinctada fucata, investigated by FIB-TEM technique

American Mineralogist

Volumn 96, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1020-1027

  Yokoo, Naoki ^a   Suzuki, Michio ^a   Saruwatari, Kazuko ^a   Aoki, Hideo ^b   Watanabe, Katsuaki ^a   Nagasawa, Hiromichi ^c   Kogure, Toshihiro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b Mie Prefecture Fisheries Research Institute   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aragonite; FIB TEM; HAADF; Larval shell; Pinctada fucata; 110 twin

Indexed keywords

CALCITE; CARBONATE MINERALS; CRYSTALS; HIGH RESOLUTION TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ION BEAMS; MOLECULES; MOLLUSCS; SHELLFISH; TEXTURES;

ARAGONITE; HAADF; LARVAL SHELLS; PINCTADA FUCATA; {110} TWIN;

SHELLS (STRUCTURES);

ARAGONITE; EMBRYO; FERTILIZATION (REPRODUCTION); LARVA; MICROSTRUCTURE; MOLLUSC; SHELL; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

PINCTADA; PINCTADA FUCATA;

EID: 79960542087     PISSN: 0003004X     EISSN: 19453027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2138/am.2011.3657     Document Type: Article

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