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An ultrastructural study of shell regeneration in Mytilus edulis (Mollusca: Bivalvia)
Article first published online: 20 AUG 2009
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7998.1973.tb02229.x
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Meenakshi, V. R., Blackwelder, P. L. and Wilbur, K. M. (1973), An ultrastructural study of shell regeneration in Mytilus edulis (Mollusca: Bivalvia). Journal of Zoology, 171: 475–484. doi: 10.1111/j.1469-7998.1973.tb02229.x
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*Electron Microscope Laboratory, University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina, U.S.A.
Publication History
- Issue published online: 20 AUG 2009
- Article first published online: 20 AUG 2009
- Accepted 12 June 1973
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The sequence of changes following experimental removal of a central region of one valve of Mytilus edulis included: (1) the secretion of periostracum similar to one of the three layers of normal periostracum; (2) calcification on the periostracum in a pattern corresponding to the form of the periostracal surface; (3) the deposition of prismatic and nacreous shell layers also present in normal shell; and (4) the frequent formation of a complex prismatic-like shell. The deposition of all layers was carried out by a region of the mantle which normally deposits only nacreous shell.