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Shell microstructure of the Late Carboniferous rostroconch mollusc Apotocardium lanterna (Branson, 1965)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 July 2015

Nicole S. Rogalla ,
Joseph G. Carter  and
John Pojeta Jr.
Nicole S. Rogalla
Affiliation:
Institute of Geology and Paleontology, Philipps University Marburg, Hans-Meerwein-Strasse, D-35032, Marburg, Germany
Joseph G. Carter
Affiliation:
Department of Geological Sciences, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 27599-3315
John Pojeta Jr.
Affiliation:
U.S. Geological Survey, National Museum of Natural History, MRC 137, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C. 20013-7012
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Abstract

The Late Carboniferous bransoniid conocardioidean Apotocardium lanterna (Branson, 1965) had an entirely aragonitic shell with a finely prismatic outer shell layer, a predominantly crossed lamellar to complex crossed lamellar middle shell layer, and an “inner” shell layer of finely textured porcelaneous and/or matted structure. This “inner” layer is probably homologous with the inner part of the middle shell layer and the inner layer sensu stricto of bivalved molluscs. Shell morphological and microstructural convergences between conocardioids and living heart cockles suggest that at least some conocardioids may have farmed algal endosymbionts in their posterior mantle margins. This symbiosis may have helped conocardioids compete with the biomechanically more efficient bivalves during the latter part of the Paleozoic.

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Journal of Paleontology , Volume 77 , Issue 4 , July 2003 , pp. 655 - 673
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