Tightly shut: flexible valve margins and microstructural asymmetry in pterioid bivalves
Abstract
An organic-rich columnar prismatic outer shell layer, which extends far beyond the underlying nacre, has allowed pterioid bivalves (the pearl oysters and their allies) to develop flexible valve margins, allowing a tight hermetic seal when shut. In some taxa, the microstructural arrangement is known to be asymmetrically developed between the two valves. The asymmetry was surveyed across 29 taxa of pterioids (including representatives of known...
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Title
Tightly shut: flexible valve margins and microstructural asymmetry in pterioid bivalves
Published Date
May 6, 2020
Journal
Volume
167
Issue
6
Pages
1 - 12
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