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Fig. 3

From: The influence of season and the tidal cycle on division of labour by the radula during feeding in the estuarine brooding gastropod Crepipatella dilatata (Calyptraeidae)

Fig. 3

Crepipatella dilatata (males only). Radular activity during the tidal cycle in autumn (May, extrusions h−1; mean ± SD; n = 14 animals), winter (August, extrusions h−1; mean ± SD; n = 14 animals), spring (November, extrusions h−1; mean ± SD; n = 14 animals). a, d, g Removing the mucous ball from the food pouch; b, e, h extracting the mucous cord from the neck canal and transferring it to the mouth; c, f, i rasping the substrate

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