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The leaping of the stromb (Strombus gigas Linn.)

✍ Scribed by Parker, G. H.

Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
Year: 1922
Tongue: English
Weight: 249 KB
Volume: 36
Category: Article
ISSN: 0022-104X
DOI: 10.1002/jez.1400360204

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✦ Synopsis

El salto del caracol marino (Strombus gigas Linn.).

Strombus gigas se mueve dc uii sitio a otro saltando, en vez de deslizarse del mod0 caracteristico de la mayor parte de 10s caracoles. El salto tiene lugar inediante la extensi6n anterior del pie, su fijaci6n a1 substrato mediante sus extremos anterior y posterior, y una vigorosa contraccih muscular, a consecuencia de la cual la concha es arrojada hacia delante, viniendo a situarse a una distancia a veces equivalente a la mitad de la longitud de dicha estructura. Translatioil by JosB I?. Konidpa Curnrll 3tedienl Collpgp, XB\Y Yor I<

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