Radula vs Odontophore - What's the difference?
radula | odontophore |
(zoology) The rasping tongue of snails and all other mollusks except bivalves.
* 2015 , Asa H. Barber , Dun Lu , Nicola M. Pugno, "Extreme strength observed in limpet teeth", Journal of the Royal Society Interface , 18 February 2015
a projection in the mouths of most molluscs; it is used, with the radula to break up food
As nouns the difference between radula and odontophore
is that radula is the rasping tongue of snails and all other mollusks except bivalves while odontophore is a projection in the mouths of most molluscs; it is used, with the radula to break up food.radula
English
Noun
(radulae)- The radula end containing the first 5–10 rows of teeth showed evidence of wear from rasping over rock surfaces during feeding and was removed using dissection.