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Lyncina vitellus (Linnaeus, 1758)

Milk Spot Cowrie

Chelsea Waters (2014)

 

 

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Summary


Physical Description

Size and Colouration


Shell Morphology


Ecology

Local Distribution and Habitats


Biogeographical Distribution


Crypsis and Defence


Life History & Behaviour

Feeding


Sensory System


Growth and Development


Locomotion


Respiration


Anatomy & Physiology

External Morphology


Anatomy


Evolution & Systematics


Conservation & Threats


References & Links

References & Links

SURG (2013). Cypraeidae. Retrieved May 14, 2014 from http://www.surg.org.au/species/vitellus-0.

Nordsieck, R (2014). The Gastropod Shell. Retrieved May 14, 2014 from http://www.molluscs.at/gastropoda/index.html?/gastropoda/morphology/shell.html.

Australian Faunal Directory (2014). Lyncina vitellus (Linnaeus, 1758). Retrieved May 18, 2014 from http://bie.ala.org.au/species/urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:afd.taxon:eeadbe68-4ca3-4d86-a3d9-decafc1054a2. 

Irie, T & Morimoto, N (2008). Phenotypic Plasticity and Sexual Dimorphism in Size at Post-Juvenile Metamorphosis: Common-Garden Rearing of an Intertidal Gastropod with Determinate Growth. Biological Bulletin, 215(2), 126-134. doi: 10.2307/25470693

Cypraea (2014). Retrieved May 18, 2014 from http://www.cypraea.eu/species/cypraea_vitellus.htm.

Archerd Shell Collection (2014). Family Cypraeidae (Cowries). Retrieved May 19, 2014 from http://shells.tricity.wsu.edu/ArcherdShellCollection/Gastropoda/Cypraeidae.html

Ruppert. E, Fox. R, Barned. R (2004). Invertebrate Zoology: A Functional and Evolutionary Approach (7th Edition), Brooks/Cole, Thomson Learning. 

Histology (2005). LUMEN Histology Slide Series. Loyola University Medical Education Network, Retrieved May 30, 2014 from http://www.meddean.luc.edu/lumen/meded/Histo/frames/h_fram13.html

Ciliopathy Allance (2010). Structure and Function of Cilia, Retrieved May 30, 2014 from http://www.ciliopathyalliance.org/cilia/structure-and-function-of-cilia.html

Specian. R, Oliver. M (1991). Functional Biology of intestinal goblet cells. Department of Cellular Biology and Anatomy, Louisiana State University Medical Centre, Retrieved May 30, 2014 from http://ajpcell.physiology.org/content/ajpcell/260/2/C183.full.pdf

Bowen, R (1998). Goblet Cells. Biomedical Hypertexts, Retrieved May 30, 2014 from http://www.vivo.colostate.edu/hbooks/pathphys/misc_topics/goblets.html

Burgess, C (1985). Cowries of the World. University of Hawaii, CTP Book Printers Cape. 

No author (2013). The Circulatory System, Biology Questions and Answers, Retrieved May 31, 2014 from http://www.biology-questions-and-answers.com/the-circulatory-system.html

Savazzi, E (1998). The Colour Patterns of cypraeid gastropods. Department of Geosciences, Sweden, 31, 15-27, Retrieved May 31, 2014 from http://www.readcube.com/articles/10.1111/j.1502-3931.1998.tb00484.x

Wilson, B (1985). Direct Development in Southern Australian cowries, Australian Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research, 36(2), 267-280, doi: 10.1071/MF9850267

Beesly. P, Ross. G, Wells. A (1996). Mollusca: The Southern Synthesis, Fauna of Australia Volume 5, CSIRO Publishing. 

Meyer, C (2002). Molecular systematics of cowries (Gastropoda: Cypraeidae) and diversification patterns in the tropics, Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 79, 401-459, Retrieved June 2, 2014 from http://www.aseanbiodiversity.info/abstract/51012272.pdf

Allen. J, Bell. G, Kuziria. A, Hanlon. R (2013). Cuttlefish skin papilla morphology suggests a muscular hydrostatic function for rapid changeability, 274(6), 645-56, doi: 10.1002/jmor.20121

Theodore. C (1989). Significance of Shell Thickness in Cowries (Mesogastropoda: Cypraeidae), Bulletin of Marine Science, University of Miami, 45(2), 505-518.

Umland,H (2008). High Voltage and X-Ray Experiments, Text and Graphics, Retrieved on June 4, 2014 from http://www.celnav.de/hv/hv6.htm


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