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Novel shell device for gas exchange in an operculate land snail

The operculum of terrestrial snails tightly seals the shell aperture providing protection from predators and body-water loss. To allow respiration with a closed operculum, operculate land snails repeatedly evolved shell devices such as tubes or channels that open to the air. In all Asian members of...

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Pubblicato in:Biol Lett
Autori principali: Páll-Gergely, Barna, Naggs, Fred, Asami, Takahiro
Natura: Artigo
Lingua:Inglês
Pubblicazione: The Royal Society 2016
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Accesso online:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4971164/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27405378
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rsbl.2016.0151
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