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Tidally Deposited Bands in Shells of Barnacles and Molluscs

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At its normal pH of 8.3, sea water is virtually saturated with calcium carbonate (Revelle and Fleming, 1934; Wattenberg and Timmermann, 1936). Little energy is therefore needed to form skeletons of calcite or aragonite. Almost all of the invertebrate phyla and a number of marine plants have evolved skeletons of calcium carbonate. Vertebrates have acquired calcium phosphate skeletons. However, calcareous skeletons are not always laid down continuously and uniformly, despite the ubiquity of calcium and the relevant anions in the surrounding seawater. Yearly growth interruptions, ascribed to annual temperature changes or other climatic variables, have long been observed and understood (Orton, 1923).

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Crisp, D.J. (1989). Tidally Deposited Bands in Shells of Barnacles and Molluscs. In: Crick, R.E. (eds) Origin, Evolution, and Modern Aspects of Biomineralization in Plants and Animals. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4757-6114-6_8

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