Front Physiol. 2017 Aug 10;8:580. doi: 10.3389/fphys.2017.00580. eCollection 2017.
Frontiers in physiology
Giovanna Ponte, Maria Vittoria Modica
PMID: 28848453 PMCID: PMC5554399 DOI: 10.3389/fphys.2017.00580
Many marine mollusks attain or increase their predatory efficiency using complex chemical secretions, which are often produced and delivered through specialized anatomical structures of the foregut. The secretions produced in venom glands of
Keywords: adaptations; cephalopods; evolution; gastropods; molluscs; predatory strategies; salivary glands