Mollusca. Lamellibranchiata. Asiphoniae
Description
Phylum Mollusca
Class Bivalvia
Freshwater clams.
1, 2) lateral view of the internal anatomy: two valve adductor muscles, heart, gill, nervous system with pedal and visceral ganglia, digestive system with stomach and digestive gland, gonad.
3) Transverse section with filibranch ctenidia, pericardial chamber, foot.
4, 5, 6) Shell layers.
7, 8) Egg cleavage.
9) Glochidium, typical larva of freshwater dwelling Unionidae, parasite on fish gills, with byssus.
People
Nitsche, Hinrich (Author)
Leuckart, Rudolf (Author)
Michelon, Nicola (Digitiser)
Castelli, Stefano (Digitiser)
Biblioteca Vallisneri - Università di Padova (Digitiser)
Format
image/jpeg (997.08 kB)
wallchart
Subject
• Zoologia, Molluschi, Tavola didattica
Object languages:
GermanSources
• Cassettiera B - 1
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