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The deposition of shell material by Mollusks is one of the more fully studied processes of extracellular calcification, and a large amount of data has been collected on shell structure, formation and regeneration, minerology, trace elements and organic compounds biochemistry. Like in many other invertebrates, the nucleation and growth of mineral crystallites occur on a well defined structure of organic components, these components being more or less“ frozen”within developing crystals: this constitutes the “organic matrix template theory”.
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Poulicek, M., Voss-Foucart, M.F., Jeuniaux, C. (1986). Chitinoproteic Complexes and Mineralization in Mollusk Skeletal Structures. In: Muzzarelli, R., Jeuniaux, C., Gooday, G.W. (eds) Chitin in Nature and Technology. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-2167-5_2
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