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WHILE investigating the food of aquatic Mollusca in Uganda, it was observed that cellulose in the gut contents was being digested. Caelatura hauttecoeuri ruellani (Bgt.), a bivalve, was selected for detailed study and also Melanoides tuberculata tuberculata (Müll.), a snail, which belongs to the Prosobranchia, some members of which possess a crystalline style1.
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FISH, G. Digestion and the Production of Sulphuric Acid by Mollusca. Nature 175, 733–734 (1955). https://doi.org/10.1038/175733b0
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