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A STUDY of shell regeneration in Helix aspersa (Müller)1 showed that this snail was able to repair its shell with rapidity, chiefly by virtue of the speed with which amœbocytes could transport materials to the damaged area, either from the digestive gland or from other parts of the shell. It was of considerable interest, therefore, to investigate whether a similar process could operate in other Mollusca, and particularly whether there was any distinction between snails in different habitats.
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WAGGE, L., MITTLER, T. Shell Regeneration in some British Molluscs. Nature 171, 528–529 (1953). https://doi.org/10.1038/171528b0
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