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Functional Significance and Weight Properties of the Shell in Some Mollusks

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Functional, morphological, and weight properties of the shell are discussed for many gastropods and bivalves living under various conditions.

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Translated from Izvestiya Akademii Nauk, Seriya Biologicheskaya, No. 4, 2005, pp. 479–505.

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Alyakrinskaya, I.O. Functional Significance and Weight Properties of the Shell in Some Mollusks. Biol Bull Russ Acad Sci 32, 397–418 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10525-005-0118-y

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