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The larval and post-larval hinge of some families of bivalve molluscs

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 May 2009

Marcel Le Pennec
Marcel Le Pennec
Affiliation:
Laboratoire de Zoologie, Aquaculture et Pollutions Marines, Université de Bretagne Occidentale, 6, avenue Le Gorgeu, 29283 Brest Cédex, France
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Bivalve larvae constitute an important part of the plankton and there is a pressing need to be able to identify the various species.

The study of the development of the larval and post-larval hinge by scanning electron microscopy of 18 bivalve species shows the importance of this structure, which represents the principal character in identification of the young larval stages. This paper presents the principal distinguishing characters of the hinge (denticles, teeth and ligament) in eight families of bivalves.

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Research Article
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Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom , Volume 60 , Issue 3 , August 1980 , pp. 601 - 617
Copyright
Copyright © Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 1980

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