New terrestrial gastropods of Pupinidae and Diplommatinidae (Cyclophoroidea) from mid-Cretaceous Burmese amber

Yu, Tingting; Salvador, Rodrigo B.; Jarzembowski, Edmund A.

doi:10.1016/j.cretres.2021.104828

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“…Golding et al (2009) investigated the odontophoral cartilages supporting the movement of the radula during feeding in Caenogastropoda in order to investigate phylogeny and for understanding the biomechanical operation of the buccal mass and the adaptation to trophic specialisation. Taxonomy and phylogeny of terrestrial and fossil snails have been also supported by micro-CT studies (Afriat et al 2021, Yu et al 2021, Yu et al 2019). Micro-CT morphological studies on small-sized zoological specimens is a well developing and promising field with many applications through different scientific disciplines (Jochum et al 2019, Jochum et al 2015, Stoev et al 2013.…”

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Micro-CT protocols for scanning and 3D analysis of Hexaplex trunculus during its different life stages

Chatzinikolaou¹,

Keklikoglou²

2021

BDJ

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Micro-computed tomography (micro-CT) is a high-resolution 3D-imaging technique which is now increasingly applied in biological studies focusing on taxonomy and functional morphology. The creation of virtual representations of specimens can increase availability of otherwise underexploited and inaccessible samples. The 3D model dataset can be also further processed through volume rendering and morphometric analysis. The success of micro-CT as a visualisation technique depends on several methodological manipulations, including the use of contrast enhancing staining agents, filters, scanning mediums, containers, exposure time and frame averaging. The aim of this study was to standardise a series of micro-CT scanning and 3D analysis protocols for a marine gastropod species, Hexaplex trunculus. The analytical protocols have followed all the developmental stages of this gastropod, from egg capsules and embryos to juveniles and adults.

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