- The
radula (US: /ˈrædʒʊlə/; pl.:
radulae or radulas) is an
anatomical structure used by
mollusks for feeding,
sometimes compared to a tongue. It is a...
- is the
diagnostic feature of
modern molluscs,
excluding bivalves.
Since radulae are very
rarely preserved in
fossil molluscs, its
absence does not necessarily...
- this need not
always be the case; many
radulae are
preserved in a
range of
settings in the
Mason Cr****.
Radulae are
usually difficult to detect, even when...
-
Molluscs use
intracellular digestion. Most
molluscs have
muscular mouths with
radulae, "tongues",
bearing many rows of
chitinous teeth,
which are
replaced from...
-
grinding radula that
breaks the bit into
smaller pieces for digestion. The
radulae and
cartilaginous oral
bolsters of the
Gadilidae are
structured like zippers...
- are herbivorous,
eating plants or
rasping algae from
surfaces with
their radulae,
though a few land
species and many
marine species are
omnivores or predatory...
- fungi), the
exoskeletons of
arthropods such as
crustaceans and insects, the
radulae,
cephalopod beaks and
gladii of
molluscs and in some
nematodes and diatoms...
- Bebbington, A. (1973). "Scanning
electron microscope studies of
gastropod radulae". Malacologia. 14: 147–165.
Image of
Notarchus indicus Images of Notarchus...
-
digestion of
their food,
animals evolved organs such as beaks, tongues,
radulae, teeth, crops, gizzards, and others.
Birds have bony
beaks that are specialised...
- Bebbington, A. (1973). "Scanning
electron microscope studies of
gastropod radulae". Malacologia. 14: 147–165.
Tucker J.K. (2009).
Recent cone
species database...
