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XX.—The Rate of Growth of Venerupis pullastra (Montagu) at Millport, Scotland*

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 June 2012

D. B. Quayle
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Marking experiments have demonstrated that certain of the rings appearing as surface sculpture on the shells of the lamellibranch Venerupis pullastra are valid as a measure of annual growth. From measurement of these rings the mean monthly and the mean annual growth increments have been calculated. The length-age relationship curve is similar to that of most other lamellibranchs. Reasons for the variation in the mean monthly rate of growth have been examined. The height-length and the thickness-length ratios for various sizes have been calculated and found to follow a simple and direct tangent relationship.

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Proceedings of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, Section B: Biological Sciences , Volume 64 , Issue 4 , 1952 , pp. 384 - 406
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Copyright © Royal Society of Edinburgh 1952

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This paper was assisted in publication by a grant from the Carnegie Trust for the Universities of Scotland.

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