Marine & Environmental Sciences Faculty Articles
An Ultrastructural Study of Shell Regeneration in Mytilus Edulis (Mollusca: Bivalvia)
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
12-1973
Publication Title
Journal of Zoology
ISSN
0952-8369
Volume
171
Issue/No.
4
First Page
475
Last Page
484
Abstract
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.
NSUWorks Citation
V. R. Meenakshi, Patricia Blackwelder, and Karl M. Wilbur. 1973. An Ultrastructural Study of Shell Regeneration in Mytilus Edulis (Mollusca: Bivalvia) .Journal of Zoology , (4) : 475 -484. https://nsuworks.nova.edu/occ_facarticles/841.
DOI
10.1111/j.1469-7998.1973.tb02229.x