Darkfield photomicrograph of a radulla of Periwinkle sp.
The radula is the toothed chitinous ribbon in the mouth of most molluscs used for cutting and chewing food before it enters the esophagus It is present in all molluscs except bivalves and only in mollusks For example Gastropods use it to graze and scrape diatoms and other microscopic algae off rock surfaces and other substrata Squid use it for cutting prey
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Keywords: darkfield, file, gastropod, grind, microscope, periwinkle, photo, photomicrograph, photomicrography, radula, radulla, rasp, sp., zoology
