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Kapitel 4: No torsion required for<br />

streptoneury in the ampullariid snail Marisa<br />

cornuarietis 12<br />

Leonie Hannig a , Simon Schwarz a , Heinz-R. Köhler a<br />

a Animal Physiological Ecology, Institute of Evolution and Ecology, University of Tübingen,<br />

Konrad-Adenauer-Str. 20, D-72072 Tübingen, Germany<br />

Abstract<br />

The hallmark feature that distinguishes the gastropods from all other molluscs<br />

is the horizontal rotation of the visceropallium, the so-called torsion.<br />

Torsion is consi<strong>der</strong>ed to be the cause of the anterior position of anus and<br />

gills as well as the crossing of the pleurovisceral nerve connectives, a feature<br />

that is known as streptoneury. In earlier experiments, we observed that<br />

exposure of the caenogastropod Marisa cornuarietis to bivalent platinum<br />

ions during embryogenesis does not only prevent the formation of an external<br />

mantle and shell but also inhibits the horizontal rotation of the visceral<br />

sac. In Platinum 2+ -exposed embryos, immunohistochemical labeling with<br />

anti-serotonin antibodies showed the embryonic development of the nervous<br />

system to deviate from the typical arrangement. Nevertheless, histological<br />

investigations and subsequent 3D modelling of the arrangement of the nervous<br />

system in adults revealed Platinum 2+ -exposed individuals to exhibit a<br />

streptoneurous arrangement of their nervous system even though the horizontal<br />

rotation of the visceropallium had been experimentally suppressed.<br />

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