A Hot-Vent Gastropod with Iron Sulfide Dermal Sclerites

Waren et al feature the recently discovered gastropod, which differs from all known mollusks by having its foot covered by scales of conchiolin, mineralized with pyrite and greigite. The animal lives a sedentary life at the base of black-smoker chimneys in the Kairei vent field in the Indian Ocean.

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Veröffentlicht in:	Science (American Association for the Advancement of Science) 2003-11, Vol.302 (5647), p.1007-1007
Hauptverfasser:	Warén, Anders, Bengtson, Stefan, Goffredi, Shana K., Van Dover, Cindy L.
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Animals Brevia DNA, Mitochondrial - genetics Gastropoda Gastropods Genetic aspects Hot Temperature Indian Ocean Iron - analysis Iron mining Magnetics Marine Marine biology Materials Minerals Mollusks Neomphalina Phylogeny Physiological aspects Proteins - analysis Pyrites Snails - anatomy & histology Snails - chemistry Snails - classification Snails - genetics Sulfides Sulfides - analysis
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Zusammenfassung:	Waren et al feature the recently discovered gastropod, which differs from all known mollusks by having its foot covered by scales of conchiolin, mineralized with pyrite and greigite. The animal lives a sedentary life at the base of black-smoker chimneys in the Kairei vent field in the Indian Ocean.
ISSN:	0036-8075 1095-9203
DOI:	10.1126/science.1087696