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Article: Shell microstructure of the early bivalve Pojetaia and the independent origin of nacre within the mollusca

Publication: Palaeontology
Volume: 54
Part: 4
Publication Date: July 2011
Page(s): 825 – 850
Author(s): Michael J. Vendrasco, Antonio G. Checa and Artem V. Kouchinsky
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VENDRASCO, M. J., CHECA, A. G., KOUCHINSKY, A. V. 2011. Shell microstructure of the early bivalve Pojetaia and the independent origin of nacre within the mollusca. Palaeontology, 54, 4, 825–850.

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