What's the difference between lamellibranch and pelecypodous?

Lamellibranch


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  • (n.) One of the Lamellibranchia. Also used adjectively.

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  • (1) Cilia, primarily of the lamellibranch gill (Elliptio and Mytilus), have been examined in freeze-etch replicas.
  • (2) In muscle tissue of lamellibranch molluscs and crustaceans (cf.
  • (3) Concentric laminated concretions, termed 'spherites', were found in the parenchymal cells and in the lumen of the collecting vessels of the trematode Meigymnophallus minutus, parasite of a lamellibranch mollusc.
  • (4) Electron micrographs of both negatively contrasted and thin-sectioned lamellibranch gill cilia reveal several new features of ciliary fine structure, particularly in regard to those structures forming intermittent or permanent crossbridges between microtubules.
  • (5) Fine-structural characteristics of synaptic contacts were investigated in the central nervous system of different species of lamellibranch molluscs.
  • (6) The results show unequivocally that Se does not offer any protection against the toxic effects of mercury in marine lamellibranchs, whereas in many marine vertebrates it does.
  • (7) The effect of selenium (SeO2) and glutathione (GSH) on the bioaccumulation of mercury (HgCl2) and on the activities of lysosomal enzymes in four species of tropical estuarine lamellibranchs is reported.
  • (8) The accumulation of Cd and Pb in the gills of the lamellibranch mollusc Mytilus edulis has been studied by electron microscopy, X-ray microanalysis, atomic absorption spectroscopy and radionuclide monitoring.
  • (9) In experiments on the carp Cyprinus carpio and freshwater lamellibranch mollusc Anodonta cygnea, tissue and organ peculiarities of carboxylic reactions have been revealed together with their relationship to the temperatute and ionic composition of the incubation medium.

Pelecypodous


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