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Re: Conus digestion
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José Leal <[log in to unmask]>
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Thu, 15 Jul 2010 05:36:04 -0400
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The paper http://mollus.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/abstract/73/2/123
will have the answers to some of your questions. The author could send
you a PDF or reprint.

On Thu, Jul 15, 2010 at 4:17 AM, Bernd Sahlmann <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Dear Listers,
>
> I always wonder how a Conus would ingest and digest a fish. The tackling and
> engulfing is shown in videos, but what will happen afterwards? The animal
> will not be able to retract into its shell until the prey is digested. There
> must be some extracorporal digestion because there are no radula teeth left
> for scraping down the prey. What is the mechanism by which the food is
> transported into the midgut diverticula to be finally incorporated by the
> digestive cells? Do the Conus expell the bones of the fish?
> I have not found any references dealing with those aspects up to yet. Can
> anybody tell me the whole story?
> Best regards
>
> Bernd Sahlmann
> from Cismar, Germany
>
> www.hausdernatur.de
> www.mollusca.net
>
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