Chaetopleura apiculata

Chaetopleura apiculata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Polyplacophora
Subclass:	Neoloricata
Order:	Chitonida
Superfamily:	Chitonoidea
Family:	Chaetopleuridae
Genus:	Chaetopleura
Subgenus:	Chaetopleura
Species:	C. apiculata
Binomial name
Chaetopleura apiculata (Say in Conrad, 1834)
Synonyms[1]
Chiton apiculatus Say in Conrad, 1834

Chaetopleura apiculata is a species of chiton in the family Chaetopleuridae. It is a marine mollusc.

Distribution

• Gulf of Mexico^[1]
• North West Atlantic^[1]

Description

Teeth of the radula of this species has been studied by atom-probe tomography for the chemical structure and it have been published in 2011.^[2] It has been shown, that teeth contain fibres with surrounded by magnetite and some of them also with sodium or magnesium.^[2] It has been probably for the first time of using atom-probe tomography for the study of radula and in biominerals.^{[citation needed]}

References

1. ^ ^{a b c} Schwabe, E. (2010). Chaetopleura (Chaetopleura) apiculata (Say in Conrad, 1834). In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2010) World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=159930 on 2011-01-27
2. ^ ^{a b} Gordon L. M. & Joester D. (2011). "Nanoscale chemical tomography of buried organic–inorganic interfaces in the chiton tooth". [[Nature (journal)|]] 469: 194-197. doi:10.1038/nature09686.

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