2014
Wegvallen van kleur na beschadiging van een Haarslak Trochulus hispidus. Speculeren over een intrigerende reparatie
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Interruption of colorization of a Hairy snail Trochulus hispidus after damage. Speculating about an intriguing repair
Spirula , Volume 398 p. 93- 94
A shell of a Hairy snail Trochulus hispidus with a remarkable repair was collected. After a significant damage of the shell’s aperture the snail succeeded to fully regenerate the last part of the body whorl – but with loss of its initial brown colour. As an explanation, formation of a ‘stress protein’ in reaction to the damaging event is suggested. Such stress protein may have interfered with the phenol-oxidase cascade that – among others – is involved in the melanin-producing pathway.
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Organisation | Nederlandse Malacologische Vereniging |
G. Majoor. (2014). Wegvallen van kleur na beschadiging van een Haarslak Trochulus hispidus. Speculeren over een intrigerende reparatie. Spirula, 398, 93–94. |