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Distribution of Shell Porphyrins in Mollusca

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RED fluorescence due to porphyrins in molluscan shells has been known for some years (Furreg and Querner, 1929 ; Fischer, 1930, 1934, 1937 ; Waldenstrom, 1937; Tixier, 1945) ; but its exact distribution has not been described. In an investigation of the phylogenetic relationships of shell pigments, I have examined some three thousand species from many gastropod and pelecypod genera by ultra-violet fluoroscopy. Detailed findings in this investigation, together with data on the chemistry of shell porphyrins and other acid-soluble pigments, will appear in due course in the Biochemical Journal.

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    ALEX. COMFORT

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COMFORT, A. Distribution of Shell Porphyrins in Mollusca. Nature 162, 851–852 (1948). https://doi.org/10.1038/162851b0

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