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mineralization. University of South Alabama Publication Service, Mobile, Alabama, pp 9–13
Wise SW (1970) Microarchitecture and mode of formation of nacre (mother-of-pearl) in
pelecypods, gastropods, and cephalopods. Eclog Geol Helvet 63:775–797
Zavodnik D (1967) Contribution to the ecology of Pinna nobilis L. (Moll. Bivalvia) in the
Northern Adriatic Sea. Thalass Yugol 3:93–102
Zolotoyabko E, Caspi EN, Fieramosca JS, Von Dreele RB, Marin F, Mor G, Addadi L, Weiner S,
Politi Y (2010) Differences between bond lengths in biogenic and geological calcite. Cryst
Growth Des 10:1207–1214
13 Acidic Shell Proteins of the Mediterranean Fan Mussel Pinna nobilis
395
Society Special Publication, 177
Sudo S, Fujikawa T, Nagakura T, Ohkubo T, Sakagushi K, Tanaka M, Nakashima K (1997)
Structures of mollusc shell framework proteins. Nature 387:563–564
Tabak LA (1995) In defense of the oral cavity: structure, biosynthesis, and function of salivary
mucins. Annu Rev Physiol 57:547–564
Tabak LA, Levine MJ, Jain NK, Bryan AR, Cohen RE, Monte LD, Zawacki S, Nancollas GH,
Slomiany A, Slomiany BL (1985) Adsorption of human salivary mucins to hydroxyapatite.
Arch Oral Biol 30:423–427
Taylor JD, Kennedy WJ, Hall A (1969) The shell structure and mineralogy of the Bivalvia.
Introduction. Nuculacea-Trigonacea. Bull Brit Mus Nat Hist Zool Lond supplem 3:1–125
Ubukata T (1994) Architectural constraints on the morphogenesis of prismatic structure in
Bivalvia. Palaeontology 37:241–261
Vicente N (2003) La grande nacre de Me ´diterrane ´e Pinna nobilis. Pre ´sentation ge ´ne ´rale. In:
Vicente N (ed) Me ´moires de l’Institut Oce ´anographique Paul Ricard, 1
er Se ´minaire International sur la grande Nacre de Me ´diterrane ´e : Pinna nobilis, 10–12 Octobre 2002, Institut
Oce ´anographique Paul Ricard, pp 7–16
Vicente N, Riva A, Butler A (1992) Etude expe ´rimentale pre ´liminaire sur les e ´changes gazeux
chez Pinna nobilis. In : Aspects Re ´cents de la Biologie des Mollusques, Ifremer Brest, Actes de
Colloques 13, pp 187
Wada K (1961) Crystal growth of molluscan shells. Bull Natl Pearl Res Lab 7:703–828
Wada K (1972) Nucleation and growth of aragonite crystals in the nacre of some bivalve molluscs.
Biominer Res Rep 6:141–159
Wada K (1980) Initiation of mineralization in bivalve mollusc. In: Omori M, Watabe N (eds)
The mechanism of biomineralization in animals and plants. Tokay University Press, Tokyo,
pp 79–92
Weiner S (1983) Mollusk shell formation – Isolation of two organic matrix proteins associated
with calcite deposition in the bivalve Mytilus californianus. Biochemistry 22:4139–4145
Weiner S, Hood L (1975) Soluble proteins of the organic matrix of mollusc shells: a potential
template for shell formation. Science 190:987–989
Weiss IM, Tuross N, Addadi L, Weiner S (2002) Mollusc larval shell formation: amorphous
calcium carbonate is a precursor phase for aragonite. J Exp Zool 293:478–491
Wetzel G (1900) Die organischen Substanzen der Schaalen von Mytilus und Pinna. Z. Phys Chem
29:386–410
Wheeler AP, Rusenko KW, Sikes CS (1988) Organic matrix from carbonate biomineral as a
regulator of mineralization. In: Sikes CS, Wheeler AP (eds) Chemical aspects of regulation of
mineralization. University of South Alabama Publication Service, Mobile, Alabama, pp 9–13
Wise SW (1970) Microarchitecture and mode of formation of nacre (mother-of-pearl) in
pelecypods, gastropods, and cephalopods. Eclog Geol Helvet 63:775–797
Zavodnik D (1967) Contribution to the ecology of Pinna nobilis L. (Moll. Bivalvia) in the
Northern Adriatic Sea. Thalass Yugol 3:93–102
Zolotoyabko E, Caspi EN, Fieramosca JS, Von Dreele RB, Marin F, Mor G, Addadi L, Weiner S,
Politi Y (2010) Differences between bond lengths in biogenic and geological calcite. Cryst
Growth Des 10:1207–1214
13 Acidic Shell Proteins of the Mediterranean Fan Mussel Pinna nobilis
395