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Austrocochlea constricta

Constricted Top Shell

Aidan Rintala (2014)

 

 

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Summary


Brief Overview


Physical Description


Appearance


Size


Ecology


Biographical Distribution


Local Habitats and Distribution


Micro-habitats and Associations


Life History


Feeding


Reproductive Biology and Settlement


Anatomy and Physiology


Internal Anatomy


Muscular Foot Tenacity


Evolution & Systematics


Hypothetical 'Generalised Mollusc'


Conservation


Threats


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References


Additional Readings

References

Calvo, M., & Templado, J. (2004).Reproduction and development in a vermetid gastropod, vermetus triquetrus.Invertebrate Biology, 123(4), 289-303.doi:10.1111/j.1744-7410.2004.tb00163.x

Campbell, Dana. “Morphology, 2012.”Encyclopedia of Life, http://eol.org/data_objects/17763296. Accessed 3 June 2014

Creese, R. G., & Underwood, A. J.(1976). Observations on the biology of the trochid gastropod austrocochleaconstricta (lamarck) (prosobranchia). I. factors affecting shell-bandingpattern. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology, 23(3),211-228. doi:10.1016/0022-0981(76)90021-6

Denny, M. (1980). The role of gastropod pedal mucus in locomotion. Nature, 285(5761),160-161. doi:10.1038/285160a0

Gäde, G. (1988). Energy metabolism during anoxia and recovery in shelladductor and foot muscle of the gastropod mollusc haliotis lamellosa: Formationof the novel anaerobic end product tauropine. BiologicalBulletin, 175(1), 122-131.

Ghiselin, M. T. (1966). The adaptivesignificance of gastropod torsion. Evolution, 20(3), 337-348.

Jaeckle, W. B., & Manahan, D. T.(1989). Growth and energy imbalance during the development of a lecithotrophicmolluscan larva (haliotis rufescens). Biological Bulletin, 177(2), 237-246.

Molluscs of Australia, 2013. MarineEducation Society of Australasia, Accessed 4 June 2014.

Ruppert, E., Fox, R. andBarnes, R. (2004). Invertebrate Zoology: A Functional Evolutionary Approach.Brooks/Cole, Belmont, CA, USA.

Seney, E. E., Rowland, M. J., Lowery, R.A., Griffis, R. B., & McClure, M. M. (2013). Climate change, marineenvironments, and the US endangered species act. Conservation Biology : TheJournal of the Society for Conservation Biology, 27(6), 1138.

Shaw, J. A., Macey, D. J., & Brooker, L. R. (2008). Radula synthesisby three species of iron mineralizing molluscs: Production rate and elementaldemand. Journal of theMarine Biological Association of the United Kingdom, 88(3), 597-601.doi:10.1017/S0025315408000969

Underwood, A. J., & Creese, R. G.(1976). Observations on the biology of the trochid gastropod austrocochleaconstricta (lamarck) (prosobranchia). II. the effects of available food onshell-banding pattern. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology,23(3), 229-240. doi:10.1016/0022-0981(76)90022-8


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