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- Conchiolins (sometimes referred to as conchins) are complex proteins which are secreted by a mollusc's outer epithelium (the mantle). These proteins are...
- together by an organic horn-like compound called conchiolin. The combination of aragonite and conchiolin is called nacre, which makes up mother-of-pearl...
- of molluscs the epidermis of the mantle secretes calcium carbonate and conchiolin, and creates a s****. In sea slugs there is a progressive loss of the...
- calcareous and its keel composed of conchiolin (genus Protatlanta), or the s**** composed exclusively of conchiolin (genus Oxygyrus). Only the Atlantidae...
- greigite and pyrite. Each sclerite has a soft epithelial tissue core, a conchiolin cover, and an uppermost layer containing pyrite and greigite. Prior to...
- chitin and conchiolin (a protein hardened with calcium carbonate), except the outermost layer, which in almost all cases is all conchiolin (see periostra****)...
- used. This s**** layer is composed of a type of protein known as conchiolin. Conchiolin is largely composed of quinone-tanned proteins, which are similar...
- thin, translucent s****, mostly or entirely composed of the protein conchiolin.[citation needed] Snails such as Sphincterochila boissieri and Xerocr****a...
- s**** material from a sequence of tests. It is also possible to test conchiolin, an organic protein found in s****, but it constitutes only 1–2% of s****...
- calcareous, in other words mostly made of calcium carbonate.) Corneous opercula are made out of the protein conchiolin. Corneous at dictionary.com v t e...