Characteristics of the Aragonitic Layer in Adult Oyster Shells, Crassostrea gigas: Structural Study of Myostracum including the Adductor Muscle Scar
Figure 6
SEM images of the myostracum buried in the folia on the anterior side. (a) the area including the folia, myostracum, and folia; (b) an enlargement of the black star region; (c) an enlargement of the white star region (scale bar of (a) 0.3 mm; scale bar of (b) and (c) 15 μm). The thickness of the upper folia is approximately 300 μm. It appears that the myostracum was inserted in the folia.
