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Article: Photonegative young in the Triassic lamellibranch Lima lineata (Schlotheim)

Publication: Palaeontology
Volume: 3
Part: 3
Publication Date: December 1960
Page(s): 362 369
Author(s): R. P. S. Jefferies
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JEFFERIES, R. P. S. 1960. Photonegative young in the Triassic lamellibranch Lima lineata (Schlotheim). Palaeontology3, 3, 362–369.

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Abstract

The occurrence of young specimens of Lima lineata (Schlotheim) within the lunules of adults of this German Triassic species is held to be due to photonegative habits and points to a possible origin of nest-building in the Limidae. The non-occurrence of this feature in some parts of Germany and its abundance in other parts is believed to depend on whether or not the adult was byssally attached.
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