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CONTENTS List of Participants vi i Introduction 1 Acknowledgements 3 Photograph of Sir Charles Maurice Yonge 4 Sir Maurice Yonge: An appreciation 5 J A.Allen Plenary Session 9 Corals and their bivalve borers — the evolution of a symbiosis 1 1 Brian Morton Session A: Evolution 4 7 The evolution of ligament systems in the Bivalvia 4 9 Thomas R. Waller Stomach structure, classification an d evolution of the Bivalvia 7 3 R.D. Purchon Form, function an d phylogeny of bivalve mucins 8 3 Robert S. Prezant Taxonomic and evolutionary relationships within the genus Mytilus 9 7 Raymond Seed Evolution of chemically-boring Mytilidae (Bivalvia) 11 1 Karl Kleemann Session B: Feeding and Digestion 12 5 Evolutionary implications of sulphide-oxidizing symbioses in bivalves 12 7 Robert G.B. Reid Gill and palp morphology of Tellina tenuis and T.fabula in relation to feeding 14 1 James G. Wilson VI CONTENTS Particle selection in filter-feeding bivalv e molluscs: a new technique on an old 15 1 theme Sandra E. Shumway, Richard C. Newell, Dennis J. Crisp and Terry L. Cucci Fine structure of the digestive tubules of Meretrix 16 7 S.G. Pal, B. Ghosh and S. Modak Feeding and digestion in bivalve larvae 17 7 A. Lucas Nutrition in giant clams (Tridacnidae) 19 5 Peter V. Fankboner and Robert G.B. Reid Session C: Functional Morphology 21 1 The functional morpholog y of the alimentary canal of Donax venustus 21 3 Poli and D. semistriatus Poli C. Salas-Casanova and E. Hergueta Ultrastructural studies on the heart-kidney complex of three species of 22 3 protobranch bivalve molluscs M. Patricia Morse and Edgar Meyhofer Osmotic effects o n the fine structure of the kidneys and hearts of some 23 7 bivalves: the site of urine formation H.R. Khan and ASM Saleuddin The adaptive significance of foot reversal in the Limoida 24 9 T.HJ. Gilmour Session D: Evolution 2 / Ecology 26 5 Functional significance of the pediveliger in bivalve development 26 7 Melbourne R. Carriker An introduction to the razor shells (Bivalvia: Solenacea) 28 3 R. von Cosel Solecurtus strigilatus: A jet-propelled burrowing bivalve 31 3 Richard Granville Bromley and Vila Asgaard Spatial gradients in predation pressure and their influence on the dynamics 32 1 of two littoral bivalve populations C.L Griffiths Habits and morphological adaptations of mytilids (Mollusca: Bivalvia) from 33 3 coastal and reefal environments in south-west Malagasia (Indian Ocean) Patrick M. Arnaud and Bernard A. Thomassin Appendix 34 5 A chronological list of publications on the Bivalvia by CM. Yonge 34 7 Brian Morton ...

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