Field investigations of living bivalves of the order Arcoida led to the rediscovery of a contradiction to the longstanding three-fold, three-function concept of bivalve mantle edges. In contrast to ...

The chemical bond has just crossed a century. The ‘bond’ has been central to science, second only to atoms perhaps, both of which together make the physical world. In the past hundred years, the bond ...

The shell ultrastructure of the gastropod Cittarium pica (L.) (Recent; Bimini, Bahamas) has been studied by means of correlated light and scanning electron microscopy of growth surfaces, fracture ...