Gut Content and Radula Illustration of Bathybembix bairdi (Dall, 1889)
Merriman JA. 1967. Gut Content and Radula Illustration of Bathybembix bairdi (Dall, 1889). The Veliger. 9:355-356
Dall, 1889, published a brief account of Bathybembix {=Turcicula) bairdi in which he described in a general the features of the radula. He considered other morphological features and stated that "the gut was crammed with a greenish mud consisting of disintegrated Foraminifera." The radulae of four specimens were removed, stained with fast green, and prepared in slides according to the method used by Fritchman (1960). The intact radulae were photomicrographed and then teased apart for microscopic examination. Utilizing photomicrographs and the teased radulae a composite illustration was made of the radular teeth (see Figure 1). The guts of these four specimens, all collected in Bodega Bay, California, were examined. The greenish mud was found to be glauconite, an amorphous iron potassium silicate.
- Type
- Journal Article
- Authors
- Merriman, Jean
- Units
- PORE
- Keywords
- Bodega Bay, mullusks