Augustów
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Augustów, Poland Named after King Sigismund II Augustus (1520–72), the last Jagiełłonian King of Poland (1548–72).
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LATE CAMBRIAN AND EARLY ORDOVICIAN STEM GROUP CHITONS (MOLLUSCA: POLYPLACOPHORA) FROM UTAH AND MISSOURI
Magazine article from: Journal of Paleontology; 7/1/2004; ; 700+ words
; ...representative of a new class within the Mollusca or a new phylum. Fisher (1962) agreed...in its own class (Mattheva) in the Mollusca. Yochelson reconstructed Matthevia as...1995) in an uncertain class of the Mollusca. There has been more agreement regarding...
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Terrestrial snails and slugs (mollusca: Gastropoda) of Maine
Magazine article from: Northeastern Naturalist; 1/1/2000; ; 700+ words
; ...The soft-bodied land snails and slugs belong to the phylum Mollusca (the Latin molluscus means "soft") and the class Gastropoda...terrestrial Gastropoda of the United States is the multivolumed Land Mollusca of North America, by Pilsbry (1939-40, 1946, 1948...
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Discrimination and Phylogeny of Solenogaster Species Through the Morphology of Hard Parts (Mollusca, Aplacophora, Neomeniomorpha).
Magazine article from: The Biological Bulletin; 2/1/2000; ; 700+ words
; ...shelf and deep-sea collections of neomenioid Aplacophora (Mollusca) are described, emphasizing external anatomy and hard parts...But their internal anatomy seems to be primitive for the Mollusca, and the vermiform shape derived, a combination thought to...
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Marine mollusca from Expedition Fijord, Western Axel Heiberg Island, Northwest Territories, Canada.
Magazine article from: Arctic; 3/1/1996; ; 700+ words
; ...live in both of these fiords are distributed widely in high-latitude fiord and continental shelf environments. Key words: mollusca, fiords, Canadian Arctic, Axel Heiberg Island, Greenland, ecology, zoogeography RESUME. On a recueilli des mollusques...
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Freshwater snails (Mollusca: Gastropoda) of Maine
Magazine article from: Northeastern Naturalist; 1/1/1999; ; 700+ words
; ...be viewed there. Another landmark publication on freshwater snails was the eightpart Monograph of the Freshwater Univalve Mollusca of the United States (1840-45) by Samuel S. Haldeman (1816-1880). Haldeman was a college professor who served several...
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Mortality of unionid bivalves (Mollusca) associated with dreissenid mussels (Dreissena polymorpha and D. bugensis) in Presque Isle Bay, Lake Erie
Magazine article from: Northeastern Naturalist; 1/1/1999; ; 700+ words
; ...mussels (zebra mussels, Dreissena polymorpha, and quagga mussels, Dreissena bugensis) have probably infested unionids (Mollusca: Bivalvia: Unionidae) for about 100 years, no substantial impacts on unionids have been attributed to dreissenid infestation...
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Monograph of living chitons (Mollusca: polyplacaphora); v.6: Suborder ischnochitonina (concluded); schizochitonidae & chitonidae, additions to volumes 1-5.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
Magazine article from: SciTech Book News; 12/1/2006; 548 words
; 9004115781 Monograph of living chitons (Mollusca: polyplacaphora); v.6: Suborder ischnochitonina (concluded); schizochitonidae & chitonidae, additions to volumes...
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THE EVOLUTIONARY AND BIOGEOGRAPHIC ORIGINS OF THE ENDEMIC PECTINIDAE (MOLLUSCA: BIVALVIA) OF THE GALÁPAGOS ISLANDS
Magazine article from: Journal of Paleontology; 9/1/2007; ; 700+ words
; ...paleontology to examine the evolutionary histories, and hence the endemic status, of five species of shallow-water scallops (Mollusca: Bivalvia: Pectinidae) that presently live in the Galpagos islands (Fig. 1). The Pectinidae display four attributes...
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Rejection of carboniferous Quasidentalium Shimansky, 1974, from the phylum Mollusca
Magazine article from: Journal of Paleontology; 1/1/1999; ; 700+ words
; ...calcareous worm tubes show similar features. Enough details may be observed on the type to support rejection of this taxon from the Mollusca. External ornament.-Among Devonian Coleolus, species with longitudinal ornament and others with a smooth shell are known...
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Primary cultures of heart cells from the scallop pecten maximus (Mollusca-bivalvia)
Magazine article from: In Vitro Cellular & Developmental Biology; 5/1/1999; ; 700+ words
; ...confirmed functional activity of the cells. These cultures were maintained viable in vitro during at least 1 mo. Key words: Mollusca; marine bivalve; Pecten maximus; scallop; heart; cell culture. INTRODUCTION Recent developments in cell culture have...
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Mollusca
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Mollusca , taxonomic name for the one of the largest phyla of invertebrate animals...important pearl formers. The Digestive Tract The digestive tract of the Mollusca is complex. The foregut region consists of an esophagus and a mouth cavity...
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Bellardi, Luigi
Dictionary entry from: Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography
...leisure time he collected the Cenozoic Mollusca abundant in the hills around Turin...activity concentrated on the Cenozoic Mollusca of the Piedmont and of Liguria. He also...relationships between the different forms of Mollusca, and their probable filiation through...
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Jeffreys, John Gwyn
Dictionary entry from: Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography
...synopsis of the Testaceous Pneumonobranches mollusca of Great Britain ” to the Linnean...his time to the study of the European Mollusca. His discoveries early led him to suspect...British Conchology, or an Account of the Mollusca Which Now Inhabit the British Isles and...
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Squid
Encyclopedia entry from: The Gale Encyclopedia of Science
...is the common name for a group of marine mollusks (phylum Mollusca) with highly developed eyes and brain, and complex swimming...than the smallest one. Dwarf and giant species occur in other Mollusca; species of snails vary in diameter by about 300 times, and...
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Gastropoda
Book article from: A Dictionary of Earth Sciences
Gastropoda ( gastropod ; phylum Mollusca ) The class of Mollusca that includes snails and slugs. They have a true head, an unsegmented body, and a broad, flat foot. They appear in the Cambrian and occur in sedimentary rocks of all ages, occupying...
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