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The radula (US: / ˈ r æ dʒ ʊ l ə /; pl.: radulae or radulas) [1] is an anatomical structure used by mollusks for feeding, sometimes compared to a tongue. [2] It is a minutely toothed, chitinous ribbon, which is typically used for scraping or cutting food before the food enters the esophagus .
Diloma radula is a species of sea snail, ... Description. The size of the shell varies between 5 mm and 12 mm. ... Text is available under the Creative Commons ...
Each specialized cone snail tooth is stored in the radula sac, except for the tooth that is in current use. [13] The radula tooth is hollow and barbed, and is attached to the tip of the radula in the radular sac, inside the snail's throat. When the snail detects a prey animal nearby, it extends a long flexible tube called a proboscis towards ...
The buccal mass is the first part of the digestive system, and consists of the mouth and pharynx. The mouth includes a radula, and in most cases, also a pair of jaws. The pharynx can be very large, especially in carnivorous species. Many carnivorous species have developed a proboscis, containing the oral cavity, radula, and part of the ...
The presence of the radula is common throughout most snail species, but often differs in many characteristics, like the shape, size, and number of odontoblasts that form a tooth. Diet The average snail's diet varies greatly depending on the species, including different feeding styles from herbivores to highly specialized feeders and parasites ...
Rhytididae is a taxonomic family of medium-sized predatory air-breathing land snails, carnivorous terrestrial pulmonate gastropod molluscs in the superfamily Rhytidoidea. [ 1 ] This family has three subfamilies:
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Coralliophila radula; Scientific classification; ... Coralliophila radula is a species of sea snail, ... Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution ...