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DURING recent studies of the rock and wood boring molluscs of the super-family Adesmacea (Mollusca : Bivalvia) the occurrence of haemocoelic erythrocytes in the blood of Xylophaga dorsalis Turton was noticed while examining serial sections. The erythrocytes are slightly flattened disks of diameter 10–12µ, each containing a prominent nucleus (Fig. 1).
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ANSELL, A., NAIR, N. Occurrence of Haemocoelic Erythrocytes containing Haemoglobin in a Wood Boring Mollusc. Nature 217, 357 (1968). https://doi.org/10.1038/217357a0
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