I remind:
AMorton B., 1984
Adventitious tube construction in Brechites vagineferus
(Clavagellacea) with an investigation of the juvenile of Humphreya
strangei. In 8°, offp., pp. 24 con 7 figs.
but I am unable to quote Journal
With regards
Riccardo Giannuzzi-Savelli
>Dear Dan,
>
>There is very little written on the subject, but the benchmark work
>was contributed by Purchon some years back:
>
>Purchon, R. D., 1956. A note on the biology of Brechites penis (L.)
>(Lamellibranchia). Journal of the Linnean Society 43: 43-54.
>
>Purchon, R. D., 1959 [or 1960]. A further note on the biology of
>Brechites penis (L.) (Lamellibranchia). Proceedings of the
>Malacological Society of London 34(1): 19-23.
>
>Harry
>
>
>At 01:10 AM 6/16/2004, you wrote:
>
>>Dear All,
>> Tonight the Lost Coast Shell Club, of Humboldt Co., California, had
>>a meeting and during the discussion of unusual species, a Brechetes
>>stangulatus was shown by one of the members. A question about the "siphon"
>>was raised as to what it "really was". Is it a siphonal canal, which holds
>>the soft siphon or is it "the siphon" which grows as the shell grows. I
>>know that the shell is very tiny but the specimen brought great questions
>>to its biological functions. Has anyone ever done an anatomical study of
>>the family of Clavagellidae?
>>Thanks for any help that can be given.
>>Dan
>>p.s. Ain't Nature wonderful?
>>
>>Dan, Hiromi & Kuma Yoshimoto
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