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Blunted Teeth of Lymnæidæ

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EXAMINATION of the anterior extremity of the radula of Lymnæidæ reveals a few ‘blunted’ teeth, but there are sometimes thirty to forty rows of worn teeth in an old mollusc, as seen among the late Prof. Gwatkin's material at the Natal Museum.

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CAWSTON, F. Blunted Teeth of Lymnæidæ. Nature 146, 654 (1940). https://doi.org/10.1038/146654b0

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