Transitional spherulitic layer in the muricid Nucella lapillus

Mayk, Dennis ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5017-1495. 2021 Transitional spherulitic layer in the muricid Nucella lapillus. Journal of Molluscan Studies, 87 (1), eyaa035. 10.1093/mollus/eyaa035

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Abstract/Summary

A sphere might be the most common crystal habit in nature as it exists in a wide range of organic and inorganic material systems (Shtukenberg et al., 2012). These crystal spheres are polycrystalline structures that feature a common centre of growth (CoG) from which acicular crystals radiate more or less uniformly outwards until the crystal aggregate forms a sphere. They are therefore called spherulites. Two types of spherulites are known: ‘spherical’, which grow as spheres, and ‘plumose’, which grow into elongated shapes. In a biomineralization context, spherulites occur most prominently in coral skeletons (Cuif & Dauphin, 2005; Nothdurft & Webb, 2007; van de Locht et al....

Item Type:	Publication - Article
Digital Object Identifier (DOI):	10.1093/mollus/eyaa035
ISSN:	0260-1230
Date made live:	23 Apr 2021 09:49 +0 (UTC)
URI:	https://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/530134

Item Type:

Publication - Article

Digital Object Identifier (DOI):

10.1093/mollus/eyaa035

ISSN:

0260-1230

Date made live:

23 Apr 2021 09:49 +0 (UTC)

URI:

https://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/530134