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标题：Interior remodeling of the shell by a gastropod mollusc
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作者：Alan J. Kohn ; Elizabeth R. Myers ; V. R. Meenakshi 等
期刊名称：Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
印刷版ISSN：0027-8424
电子版ISSN：1091-6490
出版年度：1979
卷号：76
期号：7
页码：3406-3410
DOI：10.1073/pnas.76.7.3406
语种：English
出版社：The National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
摘要：As the Conus shell grows by spiraling of the outer lip around the axis, profound internal shell dissolution thins the walls of the protected penultimate whorl from several millimeters to <50{micro}m. Shell material is added to the inside of the spire and the anterior part of the columella. The resulting shell has a uniformly thick last whorl and thickened spire that enhance defense against crushing predators and a greatly expanded interior living space for the animal.
关键词：biomineralization ; Conus ; shell dissolution