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Distribution of iron in the tissues of some bivalve molluscs

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The quantitative distribution of iron in the tissues has been studied in three species of bivalves. Two of these,Arca granosa andArca inaequivalvis possess haemoglobin in their blood corpuscles, whereas the third species,Meretrix casta, which has been investigated for comparison, does not possess haemoglobin. The concentration of iron in the digestive diverticula ofArca is considerably higher than in the other tissues and also than that in the digestive gland ofMeretrix. The relatively high concentration of iron in the digestive diverticula is similar to that in the haemopoitic organs of vertebrates. This would suggest that the digestive diverticula ofArca have possibly a role similar to that of the haemopoitic organs.

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    S. Krishnamurthy

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Communicated by Prof. R. V. Seshaiya,f.a.sc.

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Krishnamurthy, S. Distribution of iron in the tissues of some bivalve molluscs. Proc. Indian Acad. Sci. 70, 187–191 (1969). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03052085

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