Calcite deposition during shell repair by the aragonitic gastropod Murex fulvescens.
Shell repair was induced by coating the inner surfaces of gastropod shells with nail polish. In aragonitic gastropods initial deposition on the nail-polish membrane was of aragonite spherulites and, in one species, polygonal calcite crystals; later the normal crossed-lamellar structure of the shell was restored.
D000818:Animals; D001861:Bone Regeneration; D002119:Calcium Carbonate; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D008974:Mollusca / Q000502:physiology*
D002119:Calcium Carbonate