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Electron micrographs of pore cells of Lymnaea stagnalis suggest that these cells produce and store haemocyanin.
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Sminia, T., Boer, H.H. Haemocyanin production in pore cells of the freshwater snail Lymnaea stagnalis . Z.Zellforsch 145, 443–445 (1973). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00307166
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00307166