Evolutionary retention of defensive lateral pedal glands in the smallest siphonariid limpet (Gastropoda: Pulmonata)

Pinchuck, Shirley C; Allanson, Brian R; Hodgson, Alan N

Title: Evolutionary retention of defensive lateral pedal glands in the smallest siphonariid limpet (Gastropoda: Pulmonata)
Creator: Pinchuck, Shirley C
Creator: Allanson, Brian R
Creator: Hodgson, Alan N
Subject: To be catalogued
Date Issued: 2015
Date: 2015
Type: text
Type: article
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/443312
Identifier: vital:74107
Identifier: https://hdl.handle.net/10520/EJC183115
Description: Despite its cryptic habitat and habits, light and transmission electron microscopy has revealed that like many other siphonariids Siphonaria compressa, the smallest species of this genus, possesses lateral pedal glands. The pear-shaped glands (about 120 µm long Ã? 70 µm maximum diameter) open via a pore, and are multicellular with three types of secretory cell that surround a central lumen. The glands of this minute pulmonate limpet are similar in structure to its larger relatives, suggesting that they are defensive in function.
Format: 4 pages
Format: pdf
Language: English
Relation: African Zoology
Relation: Pinchuck, S.C., Allanson, B.R. and Hodgson, A.N., 2015. Evolutionary retention of defensive lateral pedal glands in the smallest siphonariid limpet (Gastropoda: Pulmonata). African Zoology, 50(4), pp.327-330
Relation: African Zoology volume 50 number 4 327 330 2015 2224-073X
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