Materials displaying negative Poisson's ratio, referred to as auxeticity, have been found in
nature and created in engineering through various structural mechanisms. However, uniting …

The molluscan phylum is the second specious animal group with its taxa feeding on a
variety of food sources. This is enabled by the radula, a chitinous membrane with embedded …

Most molluscan taxa forage with their radula, a chitinous membrane with embedded teeth.
The teeth are the actual interfaces between the animal and its ingesta and serve as load …

Background The radula, a chitinous membrane with embedded teeth, is one important
molluscan autapomorphy. In some taxa (Polyplacophora and Patellogastropoda) one tooth …

The radula, a chitinous membrane spiked with teeth, is the molluscan autapomorphy for the
gathering and processing of food. The teeth, as actual interfaces between the organism and …

One molluscan autapomorphy is the radula, the organ used for feeding. Here, for the first
time, the performance and failure of taenioglossan radular teeth were tested in a …

Molluscs are a highly successful group of invertebrates characterised by a specialised
feeding organ called the radula. The diversity of this structure is associated with distinct …

Biological tissues may exhibit graded heterogeneities in structure and mechanical
properties that are crucial to their function. One biological structure that shows variation in …

The molluscan radula, a thin membrane with embedded rows of teeth, is the structure for
food processing and gathering. For proper functioning, radular failures must be either …

One important autapomorphy of molluscs is the radula, which is the anatomical structure
used for feeding in most species of Mollusca. As this phylum represents the second species …