The effects on shells of drilling by Octopus

The holes drilled by Octopus vulgaris are compared with structures concerned with drilling– the radula, the muscular salivary papilla, and the terminal process of the posterior salivary gland duct, and with the teeth which they all bear. Comparison of the shell surface after drilling and after fracture has shown that some chemical dissolucion of the shell occurs during drilling. "Rasp marks" found on the surface of drill holes have been shown to be due to the structural formation of the gastropod shell.     

Has Octopus vulgaris a second radula?

Octopus vulgaris drills shelled molluscs and measurements showed the radula to be too large to reach into the depths of the holes made. Small teeth were found on the salivary papilla and its seems likely that these are used for excavating the deeper parts of the holes and penetration of the shell.     

Original molluscan radula: comparisons among Aplacophora,Polyplacophora, Gastropoda,and the Cambrian fossil Wiwaxia corrugata

As the original molluscan radula is not known from direct observation, we consider what the form of the original radula may have been from evidence provided by neomenioid Aplacophora (Solenogastres), Gastropoda, Polyplacophora, and the Cambrian fossil Wiwaxia corrugata (Matthews). Conclusions are based on direct observation of radula morphology and its accessory structures (salivary gland ducts, radular sac, anteroventral radular pocket) in 25 species and 16 genera of Aplacophora; radula morphogenesis in Aplacophora; earliest tooth formation in Gastropoda (14 species among Prosobranchia, Opisthobranchia, and Pulmonata); earliest tooth formation in four species of Polyplacophora; and the morphology of the feeding apparatus in W. corrugata. The existence of a true radula membrane and of membranoblasts and odontoblasts in neomenioids indicates that morphogenesis of the aplacophoran radula is homologous to that in other radulate Mollusca. We conclude from p redness of salivary gland ducts, a divided radular sac, and a pair of anteroventral pockets that the plesiomorphic state in neomenioids is bipartite, formed of denticulate bars that are distichous (two teeth per row) on a partially divided or fused radula membrane with the largest denticles lateral, as occurs in the genus Helicoradomenia. The tooth morphology in Helicoradomenia is similar to the feeding apparatus in W. corrugata. We show that distichy also occurs during early development in several species of gastropods and polyplacophorans. Through the rejection of the null hypothesis that the earliest radula was unipartite and had no radula membrane, we conclude that the original molluscan radula was similar to the radula found in Helicoradomena species.     

Is there external digestion by Octopus?

A crab which has been captured and paralysed by an octopus but retrieved 1 1/2 min later cannot at first be pulled apart by the experimenter: 27 min later it can be dismembered easily. This demonstrates that there is external digestion when Octopus vulgaris feeds upon crabs. However, it is strictly limited at this stage to the arthrodial membrane and the musculo-skeletal attachment mechanisms as the exoskeleton separates at the joints allowing the muscles to be drawn out of the appendages. And yet, two hours after capture, pieces of crab meat are still recognizable in the octopus's stomach.
The process of paralysing and cleaning a crab was noticeably slowed after the surgical removal of the radula, salivary papilla or the lateral buccal palps.     

Secretions of von Ebner's glands influence responses from taste buds in rat circumvallate papilla

The influence of secretions from von Ebner's lingual salivaryglands on gustatory function was studied in the rat. Neurophysiologicaltaste responses elicited by chemical stimulation of the circumvallatepapilla were recorded from the glossopharyngeal nerve whileinitiating salivary secretion in the same papilla. Salivarysecretion from von Ebner's glands significantly reduced tasteresponses to stimulation of the circumvallate papilla with variouschemicals. However, the magnitude of the reduction in responsediffered depending on the taste stimulus used. The reductionin response due to salivary secretion was blocked by prior administrationof the parasympathetic antagonist, atropine. These results demonstratea direct effect of salivary secretion on taste responses andillustrate the close relationship between taste function andthe secretion of von Ebner's glands.     

THE MORPHOLOGY OF TOXOGLOSSAN GASTROPODS LACKING A RADULA, WITH A DESCRIPTION OF NEW SPECIES AND GENUS OF TURRIDAE

The morphology of some deep-sea Turridae lacking radulae wasstudied. The main features of their digestive system are theabsence of a radula sac, venom and salivary glands and the reductionor absence of a proboscis. A new genus Teretiopsis including3 new species and T. thaumastopsis (Dautzenberg and Fischer,1896) is described. On the basis of differences of the digestivesystem when compared with other turrids lacking radulae themonotypical subfamily Taraninae Casey, 1904 new status (typegenus Taranis Jeffreys, 1870) is considered. It is shown thatthe process of radula reduction has occurred independently indifferent phylogenetic lines of Toxoglossa—the subfamiliesDaphnellinae and Taraninae among Turridae and the family Terebridae. (Received 8 August 1988; accepted 20 December 1988)     

Radula formation in two species of Conoidea (Gastropoda)

The radula is the basic feeding structure in gastropod molluscs and exhibits great morphological diversity that reflects the exceptional anatomical and ecological diversity occurring in these animals. This uniquely molluscan structure is formed in the blind end of the radular sac by specialized cells (membranoblasts and odontoblasts). Secretion type, and the number and shape of the odontoblasts that form each tooth characterize the mode of radula formation. These characteristics vary in different groups of gastropods. Elucidation of this diversity is key to identifying the main patterns of radula formation in Gastropoda. Of particular interest would be a phylogenetically closely related group that is characterized by high variability of the radula. One such group is the large monophyletic superfamily Conoidea, the radula of which is highly variable and may consist of the radular membrane with five teeth per row, or the radular membrane with only two or three teeth per row, or even just two harpoon-like teeth per row without a radular membrane. We studied the radulae of two species of Conoidea (Clavus maestratii Kilburn, Fedosov & Kantor, 2014 [Drilliidae] and, Lophiotoma acuta (Perry, 1811) [Turridae]) using light and electron microscopy. Based on these data and previous studies, we identify the general patterns of the radula formation for all Conoidea: the dorsolateral position of two groups of odontoblasts, uniform size, and shape of odontoblasts, folding of the radula in the radular sac regardless of the radula configuration. The morphology of the subradular epithelium is most likely adaptive to the radula type.     

Magnetic anisotropy of the radula of chiton Acanthochiton rubrolinestus LISCHKE

The magnetic anisotropy of the whole radula, the major lateral radula teeth, and magnetic material in the major lateral radula teeth of the chiton Acanthochiton rubrolinestus LISCHKE have been studied by a magnetic torque meter and superconducting quantum interference device (SQUID) magnetometer. The length and width axes of the teeth are the easily magnetized axes, while the thickness axis is difficult to magnetize. The width and thickness axes of the radula are the easily magnetized axes, and the length axis is difficult to magnetize. The measurement results of the whole radula and the major lateral radula teeth agree well with each other. The magnetic anisotropy of the magnetic material is given as well as a possible distribution of the magnetic material in the major lateral radula teeth.     

Main patterns of radula formation and ontogeny in Gastropoda

Gastropoda is morphologically highly variable and broadly distributed group of mollusks. Due to the high morphological and functional diversity of the feeding apparatus gastropods follow a broad range of feeding strategies: from detritivory to highly specialized predation. The feeding apparatus includes the buccal armaments: jaw(s) and radula. The radula comprises a chitinous ribbon with teeth arranged in transverse and longitudinal rows. A unique characteristic of the radula is its continuous renewal during the entire life of a mollusk. The teeth and the membrane are continuously synthesized in the blind end of the radular sac and are shifted forward to the working zone, while the teeth harden and are mineralized on the way. Despite the similarity of the general mechanism of the radula formation in gastropods, some phylogenetically determined features can be identified in different phylogenetic lineages. These mainly concern shape, size, and number of the odontoblasts forming a single tooth. The radular morphology depends on the shape of the formation zone and the morphology of the subradular epithelium. The radula first appears at the pre- and posttorsional veliger stages as an invagination of the buccal epithelium of the larval anterior gut. The larval radular sac is lined with uniform undifferentiated cells. Each major phylogenetic lineage is characterized by a specific larval radula type. Thus, the docoglossan radula of Patellogastropoda is characterized by initially three and then five teeth in a transverse row. The larval rhipidoglossan radula has seven teeth in a row with differentiation into central, lateral, and marginal teeth and later is transformed into the adult radula morphology by the addition of lateral and especially marginal teeth. The taenioglossan radula of Caenogastropoda is nearly immediately formed in adult configuration with seven teeth in a row.     

An Anatomical Description of Eulima bilineata Alder with Remarks on and a Revision of Pyramidelloides Nevill (Mollusca, Prosobranchia, Eulimidae)

The anatomy and biology of Eulima bilineata Alder is described and compared with PyramidelIoides miranda (A. Adams) and P. angusta (Hedley). All the species are parasitic on ophiuroids, have a ptenoglossate radula, an acrembolic proboscis with a pair of salivary glands close to the buccal mass and a reduced stomach with two histologically different digestive glands. The males have a well developed penis, the female a partly open or closed pallial oviduct. The central nervous system is concentrated. The sub- and supraoesophageal ganglia are completely integrated in the nerve ring. In Eulima , the supraoesophageal ganglion is split into two parts. Few differences were found between the species investigated, and it is concluded that Pyramidelloides should be classified in Eilimidae, not in Rissoidae where it has been placed previously.     

海洋软体动物齿舌中磁铁物的研究

在扫描电镜下对红条毛肤石鳖（ Ａｃａｎｔｈｏｃｈｉｔｏｎ ｒｕｂｒｏｌｉｎｅａｔｕｓ Ｌｉｓｃｈｋｅ） 齿舌进行了观察,用原子力和磁力显微镜及超导量子干涉器（ＳＱＵＩＤ） 式磁强计对齿舌中的磁铁物Ｆｅ３ Ｏ４ 进行了分析和测量,实验证明齿舌中含有磁铁物Ｆｅ３ Ｏ４ ,每个齿舌约含Ｆｅ３ Ｏ４ ０．２ ｍｇ ,占齿舌重量的１５ ％ ,矿物重量的４０％ ,磁化强度约为０．０２×１０ － ３ Ａｍ２／ 个,相当于１４Ａｍ２／ｋｇ ,并且磁铁物主要存在于第一侧齿的齿尖上,同时Ｆｅ３ Ｏ４ 晶体在齿片表面上的排列及磁畴结构具有方向性。     

Seasonal aberrant radular formation in Thais bronni (Dunker) and T. clavigera (Küster) (Gastropoda : Muricidae)

Radulae of Thais bronni (Dunker) and T. clavigera (Küster) were examined at Mukaishima Island for a period of 2 yr, 1982 to 1984. Radulae of both species are similar in morphology, both having the basic pentacuspid rachidian plan. Sexual dimorphism of the radula was not observed, but rachidian tooth changes morphologically in different growth stages. Seasonal conditions affect the size and shape of the radula; in winter it is clearly malformed and strikingly thin. These aberrant parts of the radula comprised some dozens of rows, in which only several extremely thin rows exist. Results of experiments using T. clavigera under different water temperature conditions showed that the radula is rarely produced below 10 °C and that rate of radular production and replacement increases with increase in temperature. These results suggest that in the field the radula of these species is replaced entirely 2–2.5 times per year and 10–15 times during the life of the animal.     

Radula und Fangarme beiMichelinoceras sp. aus dem Silur von Bolivien

New finds of michelinoceratid cephalopods from the Kirusillas-Shale (Ludlow/Silurian) of Ushpa-Ushpa in the Eastern Cordillera of the Bolivian Andes reveal parts of the radula and imprints of arms owing to extremely good preservation conditions. The imprints of soft parts point that the orthoce-rates had 10 arms, two of them shaped to long tentacles as recent coleoids have. Of more importance is the first proof of a michelinoceratid radula in situ. This is the first known ra-dula of lower palaeozoic cephalopods at all. TheMichelinoceras radula consisted of 7 teeth per row. So the radulae of michelinoceratid cephalopods are very similar to those of ammonites and coleoids. But there are great differences in the radula ofMichelinoceras sp. and that ofNautilus sp. All known radulae of fossil and recent cephalopods are compared and phylogenetic or systematic implications are discussed. The classification of the cephalopods into six subclasses as used in the “Treatise” turns out to be unnatural and should be given up. Finally ecological relations between the morphology of radula-elements and mode of life are dis-cussed. Size and number of radula teeth let suppose that thisMichelinoceras specimen must have been an adult individual living far off the coast in pelagic seas.     

Key innovations in Mesozoic ammonoids: the multicuspidate radula and the calcified aptychus

A nearly complete radula with seven elements per row preserved inside of an isolated, bivalved, calcitic lower jaw (= aptychus) of the Late Jurassic ammonite Aspidoceras is described from the Fossillagerstätte Painten (Bavaria, southern Germany). It is the largest known ammonite radula and the first record for the Perisphinctoidea. The multicuspidate tooth elements (ctenodont type of radula) present short cusps. Owing to significant morphological differences between known aptychophoran ammonoid radulae, their possible function is discussed, partly in comparison with modern cephalopod and gastropod radulae. Analogies between the evolution of the pharyngeal jaws of cichlid fishes and the ammonoid buccal apparatus raise the possibility that the evolution of a multicuspidate radula allowed for a functional decoupling of the aptychophoran ammonoid jaw. The radula, therefore, represents a key innovation which allowed for the evolution of the calcified lower jaws in Jurassic and Cretaceous aptychophoran ammonites. Possible triggers for this morphological change during the early Toarcian are discussed. Finally, we hypothesize potential adaptations of ammonoids to different feeding niches based on radular tooth morphologies.     

小型腹足类齿舌的扫描电镜观察

介绍了应用扫描电镜观察小型腹足类齿舌的方法。描述了折叠萝卜螺和大脐圆扁螺齿舌带上齿片的排列方式,结果显示,两种螺齿舌的齿片排成许多模列,每一横列又包含多个齿片,齿片上缘或侧缘尖齿的数目和形态有差异。     

In vivo buccal nerve activity that distinguishes ingestion from rejection can be used to predict behavioral transitions in Aplysia

1. We are studying the neural basis of consummatory feeding behavior in Aplysia using intact, freely moving animals.
2. Video records show that the timing of radula closure during the radula protraction-retraction cycle constitutes a major difference between ingestion (biting or swallowing) and rejection. During ingestion, the radula is closed as it retracts. During rejection, the radula is closed as it protracts.
3. We observed two patterns of activity in nerves which are likely to mediate these radula movements. Patterns I and II are associated with ingestion and rejection, respectively, and are distinguished by the timing of radula nerve activity with respect to the onset of buccal nerve 2 activity.
4. The association of ingestion with pattern I is maintained when the animal feeds on a polyethylene tube, the same food substrate used to elicit rejection responses. Under these conditions, pattern I is associated with either swallowing or no net tube movement.
5. Most transitions from swallowing to rejection were preceded by one or more occurrences of pattern I in which there was no net tube movement, suggesting that these transitions can be predicted.
6. Our data suggest that these two patterns can be used to distinguish ingestion from rejection.

     

Action and immunoreactivity of neuropeptides in the buccal neuromuscular system of a prosobranch mollusc,Rapana thomasiana

Summary In a prosobranch mollusc, Rapana thomasiana, the catch-relaxing peptide H-Ala-Met-Pro-Met-Leu-Arg-Leu-NH₂ (CARP) was found to depress the contraction of the radula protractor and retractor elicited by electrical stimulations. The action of CARP was in contrast to that of other neuropeptides, H-Phe-Met-Arg-Phe-NH₂ (FMRFamide) and H-Phe-Leu-Arg-Phe-NH₂ (FLRFamide), which enhanced the contraction of the radula protractor and retractor, respectively. By immunohistochemical examinations, FMRFamide-like immunoreactive neurons were found on the rostral side of the right buccal ganglion and the caudal side of the left ganglion, where some CARP-like immunoreactive neurons were also distributed, indicating a possible coexistence of FMRFamide and CARP. FMRFamide- and CARP-like immunoreactivities were also detected in the neuropile of buccal ganglia, radula nerves arising from the ganglia, and nerve fibers in the radula muscles. The present results suggest that FMRFamide- and CARP-like peptides are involved in the regulation of the contraction of the radula muscles.     

Anatomy and systematics of bathyphytophilid limpets (Mollusca, Archaeogastropoda) from the northeastern Pacific

Bathyphytophilus diegensis sp. n. is described on basis of shell and radula characters. The radula of another species of Bathyphytophilus is illustrated, but the species is not described since the shell is unknown. Both species feed on detached blades of the surfgrass Phyllospadix carried by turbidity currents into continental slope depths in the San Diego Trough. The anatomy of B. diegensis was investigated by means of semithin serial sectioning and graphic reconstruction. ‘The shell is limpet-like; the protoconch resembles that of pseudococculinids and other lepetclloids. The radula is a distinctive, highly modified rhipidoglossate type with close similarities to the lepetellid radula. The anatomy falls well into the lepetelloid bauplan and is in general similar to that of Pseudococculinidae and Pyropcltidae. Apomorphic features are the presence of gill-leaflets at both sides of the pallial roof (shared with certain pseudococculinids), the lack of jaws, and in particular many enigmatic pouches (bacterial chambers?) which open into the postcrior oesophagus. Autapomorphic characters of shell, radula and anatomy confirm the placement of Bathyphytophilus (with Aenigmabonus) in a distinct family, Bathyphytophilidac Moskalev, 1978. As revealed by a cladistic study, the Bathyphytophilidae should be classified within the Lepetelloidea close to the Lepetellidae, Pyropeltidae, and Pseudococculinidae.     

The junction zone: Initial site of mineralization in radula teeth of the chiton Cryptoplax striata (Mollusca: Polyplacophora)

Elemental composition and distribution in individual teeth of the whole radula of the chiton Cryptoplax striata were analyzed using energy-dispersive spectroscopy. Both the element deposited and its position within the tooth vary according to the stage of mineralization. The initial site of mineralization is the junction zone, the region between the tooth cusp and base. In this region, the first element to be deposited is iron, followed by phosphorus and then calcium. Iron deposition next commences in the tooth cusp cap, where it proceeds rapidly, being virtually complete within 12 tooth rows. By contrast, mineralization in the core of the tooth cusp does not commence until well down the radula and consists initially of iron and phosphorus with the addition of a small amount of calcium 6 rows later. While mineralization in the tooth base commences early in radula development, it continues right through to the fully mature end of the radula. A number of minor elements are also found at various stages of mineralization. The data obtained have been used to construct a schematic of the progression of mineralization along the length of the radula. © 1996 Wiley-Liss, Inc.