The radula (US: /ˈrædʒʊlə/; pl.: radulae or radulas) is an anatomical structure used by mollusks for feeding, sometimes compared to a tongue. It is a...
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Tympanotonos fuscatus (redirect from Murex radula)
Tympanotonos fuscatus Tympanotonos fuscatus var. radula Conservation status Least Concern (IUCN 3.1) Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum:...
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Helianthus radula is a North American species of sunflower known by the common name rayless sunflower or pineland sunflower. It is native to the southeastern...
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Radula perrottetii is a species of plant in genus Radula, a genus of liverworts. It is endemic in Japan. It contains the small molecule perrottetinene...
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Radula marginata, or Wairuakohu, is a species of plant in the genus Radula, a genus of liverworts. It is endemic to New Zealand. It has been found to contain...
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significant cavity used for breathing and excretion, the presence of a radula (except for bivalves), and the structure of the nervous system. Other than...
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tooth-like structures located on a banded ribbon-like tongue called a radula. The radula works like a file, ripping food into small pieces. Many snails are...
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Digestive system of gastropods (section Radula)
herbivores, scavengers, filter feeders, and even parasites. In particular, the radula is often highly adapted to the specific diet of the various group of gastropods...
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Jack Radula cavifolia Hampe Radula complanata (L.) Dumort. Radula deflexilobula Promma, L.N.Zhang et R.L.Zhu Radula demissa M.A.M.Renner, 2013 Radula javanica...
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Radula visianica is a species of liverwort in the family Radulaceae. It is endemic to the European Alps. It was thought to be extinct since 1938 but was...
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Radula jonesii is a species of liverwort in the family Radulaceae. It is known from a few locations on Madeira and one location on Tenerife. The populations...
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Radula allamanoi Gola Radula allisonii Castle Radula amentulosa Mitt. Radula amoena Herzog Radula anceps Sande Lac. Radula andicola Stephani Radula aneurismalis...
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Radula demissa is a species of liverwort in the family Radulaceae. It occurs in southeastern Australia and New Zealand, where it grows as an epiphyte in...
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Eurybia radula, commonly known as the low rough aster or rough wood aster, is an herbaceous perennial in the family Asteraceae. It is native to eastern...
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snails are venomous and capable of stinging. Cone snails use a modified radula tooth and a venom gland to attack and paralyze their prey before engulfing...
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The rough ray (Raja radula) is a Mediterranean ray species of the Rajidae family described by Delaroche in 1809. The rough ray is named for the spinules...
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Chondracanthus exasperatus (redirect from Gigartina radula f. exasperata)
Gigartina californica J. Agardh, 1899 Gigartina exasperata Harvey & Bailey 1851 Gigartina radula f. exasperata (Harvey & Bailey) Setchell & N.L.Gardner 1903...
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Silphium radula, commonly known as roughstem rosinweed, is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae. It is native North America, where it...
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shield is a part of the radula in many kinds of molluscs. It serves as an attachment point for the muscles that retract the radula, and is thus located on...
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Melaleuca radula, commonly known as graceful honey-myrtle, is a plant in the myrtle family, Myrtaceae and is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia...
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Duck-billed clingfish (redirect from Nettorhamphos radula)
Nettorhamphos radula, the duckbilled clingfish, is a species of clingfish (family Gobiesocidae) from the Indian Ocean off Western Australia. It is currently...
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Raphitoma radula is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Raphitomidae. The length of the shell varies between 12 mm and 19...
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oesophagus. The radula is unique to molluscs, and is found in every class of mollusc apart from bivalves. Within the gastropods, the radula is used in feeding...
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and the visceral ganglia. There are sometimes also buccal ganglia. The radula of a gastropod is usually adapted to the food that a species eats. The simplest...
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Salvia radula (African white sage) is a herbaceous perennial native to the northern provinces of South Africa, growing at elevations from 1,300 to 1,900 m...
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Daphnella radula is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Raphitomidae. The length of the shell attains 13.5 mm, its diameter...
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animal's odontophore, the muscular cushion used to support the limpet's radula (a kind of tongue) that scrapes algae off the surrounding rock for nutrition...
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Solidago radula, the western rough goldenrod, is a North American plant species in the family Asteraceae. It is found primarily in the southern Great Plains...
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Neritopsis radula is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Neritopsidae. Indo-Pacific: Aldabra Madagascar Mascarene Basin Mauritius...
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Diloma radula is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Trochidae, the top snails. The size of the shell varies between 5 mm...
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