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Science 10 July 1964:
Vol. 145. no. 3628, pp. 155 - 156
DOI: 10.1126/science.145.3628.155
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Oysters: Composition of the Larval Shell

H. B. Stenzel 1

1 Shell Development Company, Exploration and Production Research Division, Houston, Texas

The shell of the freeswimming veliger larval stage of the common North American oyster Crassostrea virginica (Gmelin, 1791) is composed of aragonite. This composition contrasts with that of the adult shell, which is composed mainly of calcite, the rhombohedral allomorph of calcium carbonate, and minor amounts of aragonite.


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