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Cymatium (Monoplex) parthenopeum

Neopolitan Triton

Jacob Zuo Quan Yeo (2014)

                      

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Summary


Taxonomy


Physical Description


Ecology


Life History & Behaviour


Anatomy & Physiology


Torsion and the mantle cavity


Nervous system


Sensory systems


Reproduction


Internal transport


Feeding mechanisms


Digestive system


Respiration


Excretion


Foot anatomy


Evolution & Systematics


Conservation & Threats


References & Links

References & Links

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Beechey, D., 2014. ‘Cymatium parthenopeum’, The Seashells of New South Wales. Australian Museum. Viewed 1 June 2014. <http://seashellsofnsw.org.au/Ranellidae/Pages/Cymatium_parthenopeum.htm>.

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Croll, R.P., 1987. Identified neurons and cellular homologues. In: M.A. Ali (ed.): Nervous Systems in Invertebrates, Plenum Press, New York, 41–58.

Davis, M.S., Hawkins, S.J., 1998. Mucus from Marine Molluscs. Advances in Marine Biology, 34, 1-71.

Fretter, V., Graham, A., 1994. British Prosobranch Molluscs. 2nd Edition. Ray Society, Vol. 161. Ray Society, London.

Gofas, S., Bouchet, P., 2014. Monoplex parthenopeus (Salis Marschlins, 1793). World Register of Marine Species. Viewed 31st May 2014. <http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=476531>.

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Houbrick, J.R., Fretter, V., 1969. Some Aspects of the Functional Anatomy and Biology of Cymatium and Bursa. Proceedings of the Malacological Society, Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London, 38, 415-429.

Jstuby, 2010. ‘Oyster reef at about mid-tide off fishing pier at Hunting Island State Park, South Carolina’, Wikipedia. Viewed 3rd June 2014. <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Oyster_reef_Hunting_Island_SC.jpg>.

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Kier, W.M., Smith, K.K., 1985. Tongues, tentacles and trunks: The biomechanics of movement in muscular hydrostats. Journal of the Linnean Society: Zoology, 83, 307-324.

Kier, W.M., 1988. The Arrangement and Function of Molluscan Muscle. The Mollusca, 11, 211-252

Kermack, D.M. & Barnes, R.S.K., 1988. ‘Molluscs: Prosobranch and Pyramidellid Gastropods’, Synopses of the British Fauna (New series), 2nd edition., Graham, A.. The Linnean Society of London and The Estuarine and Brackish-water Sciences Association. 

Laxton, J.H., 1969. Reproduction in some New Zealand Cymatiidae (Gastropoda: Prosobranchia), Journal of the Linnean Society: Zoology, 48, 237-253.

Laxton, J.H., 1971. Feeding in some Australasian Cymatiidae (Gastropoda: Prosobranchia). The Journal of the Linnean Society: Zoology, 50, 1-9.

Miller, S.L., 1974. The Classification, Taxonomic Distribution, and Evolution of Locomotor Types among Prosobranch Gastropods. Proceedings of the Malacological Society, Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London, 41, 233-260.

Mollusc Specialist Group 2000. Cymatium parthenopaeum. In: IUCN 2013. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 01 June 2014.

Muthiah, P., Sampath, K., 2000. Spawn and Fecundity of Cymatium (Monoplex) Pileare and Cymatium (Linatella) Cingulatum (Gastropoda: Ranellidae). Journal of Molluscan Studies, 66, 293-300.

Thompson, J.T., Lowe, A.D., Kier, W.M., 1998. The columnellar muscle of prosobranch gastropods: morphological donation & its functional implications. Invertebrate Biology, 117(1), 45-56.

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Pechenik, J.A., Scheltema, R.S., Eyster, L.S., 1984. Growth Stasis and Limited Shell Calcification in Larvae of Cymatium parthenopeum During Trans-Atlantic Transport. Science, 224, 1097-1099.

Pelger, S., 2011. ‘Snail Locomotion’, 2010 Program of Study: Swirling and Swimming in Turbulence, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution Technical Report, WHOI-2011-03, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, Massachusetts, 327-354.

Ponder, W.F., Colgan, D.J., Healy, J., Nützel, A., Simone, L.R.L., Strong, E.E., 2008. ‘Caenogastropoda’. In, Ponder, W.F. & Lindberg, D.L.. Phylogeny and Evolution of the Mollusca. University of California Press, Berkeley and Los Angeles, California, 331-383.

Purchon, R.D., 1977. ‘Form and Function of the Mantle Cavity and Associated Organs: Prosobranchia’, The Biology of the Mollusca, 2nd edition., Pergamon Press Ltd., Oxford, England, 12-24.

Ruppert, E.E., Fox, R.S., Barnes, R.D., 2004. Invertebrate Zoology: A Functional Evolutionary Approach, 7th edition. Brooks/Cole, USA. 

Scheltema, R.S., 1971. Larval dispersal as a means of genetic exchange between geographically separated populations of shallow-water benthic marine gastropods. The Biological Bulletin, 140, 284-322.

Wilson, B., 2002. A Handbook to Australian Seashells On Seashores East to West and North to South. Reed New Holland, Australia.

"Cymatium parthenopeum Cole, 1954." Encyclopedia of Life, available from http://eol.org/pages/460427. Accessed 15 Jan 2009.

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