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Gastropod shell

The gastropod shell is part of the body of many gastropods, including snails, a kind of mollusc. The shell is an exoskeleton, which protects from predators, mechanical damage, and dehydration, but also serves for muscle attachment and calcium storage. Some gastropods appear shell-less (slugs) but may have a remnant within the mantle, or in some cases the…

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Shell layers

Morphology

Chirality

Description

Parts of the shell

Shape of the shell

Evolutionary changes

Taphonomic implications

Variety of forms

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Gastropod shell

Nodes135
Edges134
Triples90
Avg. degree1.99
Density0.014815
Components1

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Gastropod shell

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related to External links · 24
Gastropod shell → Ana, Andalúcia, Antonio Ruiz Ruiz, Ariophanta, Arrébola Burgos Caracoles Terrestres, Caribbean Sea, Cárcaba Pozo, Dating, Effect, Gastropod ShellsNair, Gastropods, Guía, Information, ISBN, José, Leal, Muthe, Nature, November, Porras Crevillen
related to Description · 14
Gastropod shell → Epitonium, From, In, Irregular, Normally, Platyceras, Primary, Ribs, Secondary, Spines, Tertiary, The, They, When
related to Morphology · 12
Gastropod shell → Controlling, Gastropod, Good, High, Irregularities, It, Murex, Ontologic, Planorbidae, The, This, Turritella
related to Variety of forms · 12
Gastropod shell → Bahamas, Cypraea, CypraeaX-ray, Holocene, Mauritia, Rice Bay, San Salvador Island, Scale, Tonna, Turritella, TurritellaShell, X-ray
related to Chirality · 7
Gastropod shell → Amphidromus, Dextral, If, Most, The, There, This
related to Taphonomic implications · 6
Gastropod shell → Dinosaur Park Formation, Eggshell, For, In, It, This
related to Dimensions · 3
Gastropod shell → Both, In, The
related to Standard ways of viewing a shell · 3
Gastropod shell → If, In, The
related to Shell layers · 2
Gastropod shell → CaCO3, The
is a · 1
Gastropod shell → anterior end

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Gastropod shellis aanterior end0.90text
Gastropod shellpart ofthe body of many gastropods0.85text
the abaloneinstance ofHigh rates give wide-mouthed forms0.80text
low rates give highly coiled forms such as Turritella or some of the Planorbidae.The shape of the generating curveinstance ofHigh rates give wide-mouthed forms0.80text
roughly equivalent to the shape of the apertureinstance ofHigh rates give wide-mouthed forms0.80text
rocksinstance ofsolid surfaces0.80text
or other shellsinstance ofsolid surfaces0.80text
Gastropod shellrelated to ChiralityMost0.60section
Gastropod shellrelated to ChiralityThe0.60section
Gastropod shellrelated to ChiralityAmphidromus0.60section
Gastropod shellrelated to ChiralityThere0.60section
Gastropod shellrelated to ChiralityDextral0.60section

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