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RADULA movement in prosobranchiate gastropods is a factor in the predator-prey relationship of many species of gastropods (Naticidæ, Muricidæ and others) and other molluscs, involving considerable masses of animal life in the sea.
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GUNTER, G. Radula Movement and Boring Efficiency of Gastropods. Nature 169, 630–631 (1952). https://doi.org/10.1038/169630a0
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