Aragonite and Calcite as Constituents of Adult Oyster Shells
- 11 October 1963
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in Science
- Vol. 142 (3589), 232-233
- https://doi.org/10.1126/science.142.3589.232
Abstract
Adult oyster shells are composed mainly of calcite, but there are five small areas of aragonite: the resilium, the two pads at which the adductor muscle is inserted, and the two pads at which Quenstedt's muscles are inserted. Quenstedt's muscles are proposed as a name for the small modified, one-time pedal muscles of unknown function, discovered by Quenstedt.This publication has 4 references indexed in Scilit:
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