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Chemistry of Calcified Portions of Nautilus Pompilius

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 May 2009

R. E. Crick ,
B. Burkart ,
J. A. Chamberlain  and
K. O. Mann
R. E. Crick
Affiliation:
Department of Geology, University of Texasat Arlington, Arlington, TX 76019
B. Burkart
Affiliation:
Department of Geology, University of Texasat Arlington, Arlington, TX 76019
J. A. Chamberlain
Affiliation:
Department of Geology, Brooklyn College of the CityUniversity of New York, Brooklyn, NY 11210 and Osborn Laboratories of Marine Science, New York Aquarium, New York Zoological Society, Brooklyn, NY 11224
K. O. Mann
Affiliation:
Department of Geology, University of Texasat Arlington, Arlington, TX 76019
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The Sr, Mg, and Ca chemistry and mineralogy of the shell, beaks, and inorganic compounds of the renal appendages of Nautilus pompilius Linné 1758 reveal a complex physiochemical system of biomineralization. The chemistry of the shell and septal aragonite is similar, and establish that N. pompilius discriminates against the concentration of Sr and Mg in sea water by 78% and more than 99% respectively. Beaks consist of high-Mg calcite (4.4% MgCO3). Renal appendages contain either aggregates of crystals (uroliths) of Mg-oxalate dihydrate with nuclei of hydroxyapatite or disassociated particles of hydroxyapatite or both. There is no evidence that uroliths or hydroxyapatite particles serve as temporary reservoirs of Ca during calcification of septa.

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Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom , Volume 65 , Issue 2 , May 1985 , pp. 415 - 420
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Copyright © Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 1985

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