10.26180/5c6b6f3fa7927
Ch'ng-Tan Kar Siew
Ch'ng-Tan Kar
Siew
Some aspects of renal and excretory physiology in the Australian freshwater mussel, Velesunio ambiguus (Philippi), (Mollusca, Bivalvia)
Monash University
2019
Renal physiology
excretory physiology
freshwater mussels
Zoology
Comparative Physiology
2019-02-19 02:51:42
Thesis
https://bridges.monash.edu/articles/thesis/Some_aspects_of_renal_and_excretory_physiology_in_the_Australian_freshwater_mussel_Velesunio_ambiguus_Philippi_Mollusca_Bivalvia_/7733087
The molluscs are one of the most diverse in form and habitat if all the phyla. Of six classes of the phylum, only two, however, have evolved the necessary physiological adaptations to allow some of their representatives to penetrate into fresh water and of these two, only the Gastropoda have terrestrial species, fully adapted as far as respiration, excretion, and reproduction are concerned […] <br>