A thin-shell shape adaptable composite metamaterial
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DOI: 10.1016/j.compstruct.2020.112390
Abstract: Abstract Mechanical metamaterials undergoing extreme deformations span an ever-increasing design space of mechanical performance. However, achieving selective deformability in load-carrying metamaterials remains unexplored. Anisotropic thin fiber-reinforced composite shells, which are soft in bending and stiff… read more here.
Keywords: thin shell; shell shape; composite metamaterial; mechanical metamaterials ... See more keywords
Embryonic shell shape as an early indicator of pollution in marine gastropods.
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DOI: 10.1016/j.marenvres.2021.105283
Abstract: Gastropods shell shape has been proposed as a good indicator of environmental changes while geometric morphometric (GM) is a powerful tool to detect such changes. Shell shape pattern in adults of the marine gastropod Buccinanops… read more here.
Keywords: embryonic shell; indicator; shell shape; shape early ... See more keywords
Mollusc shell shape as pollution biomarkers: Which is the best biological model?
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DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2022.113663
Abstract: Alterations in mollusc shells have been proposed contamination biomarkers. We used geometric morphometrics analyses associated with analytical determinations of contaminants to select suitable biological models among species widely distributed on coastal zones. The study was… read more here.
Keywords: mollusc shell; pollution biomarkers; biomarkers best; shell shape ... See more keywords
Blue mussel shell shape plasticity and natural environments: a quantitative approach
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DOI: 10.1038/s41598-018-20122-9
Abstract: Shape variability represents an important direct response of organisms to selective environments. Here, we use a combination of geometric morphometrics and generalised additive mixed models (GAMMs) to identify spatial patterns of natural shell shape variation… read more here.
Keywords: shape plasticity; shell shape; blue mussel; shape ... See more keywords
Experimental tests of bivalve shell shape reveal potential tradeoffs between mechanical and behavioral defenses
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DOI: 10.1038/s41598-020-76358-x
Abstract: Bivalves protect themselves from predators using both mechanical and behavioral defenses. While their shells serve as mechanical armor, bivalve shells also enable evasive behaviors such as swimming and burrowing. Therefore, bivalve shell shape is a… read more here.
Keywords: behavioral defenses; shape; shell shape; shell ... See more keywords
Insights on the history of the scorched mussel Brachidontes rodriguezii (Bivalvia: Mytilidae) in the Southwest Atlantic: a geometric morphometrics perspective
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DOI: 10.1080/08912963.2017.1306699
Abstract: Abstract Some authors support the idea that an important part of the Miocene marine mollusc fauna is still represented in the Argentinean Province. The fossil mollusc Brachidontes lepida (Philippi) is considered a subspecies of the… read more here.
Keywords: rodriguezii; scorched mussel; geometric morphometrics; insights history ... See more keywords
Sexual dimorphism in shell shape: is Pomacea canaliculata an exception or an example among Neotropical apple snails?
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DOI: 10.1590/0001-3765202320201519
Abstract: Sexual dimorphism has often been recorded in apple snails (Caenogastropoda Ampullariidae), but reports are concentrated in a few species, either invasive or with biocontrol potential, which sugests some taxonomic bias. To find out evolutionary and… read more here.
Keywords: dimorphism shell; apple snails; shell shape; dimorphism ... See more keywords