Shell microstructures in Early Cambrian molluscs

By Artem V. Kouchinsky. 2000

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Biomineralization and Evolutionary History (2003, unknown): “Detailed investigations of preserved shell microstructure, however, show that the phosphate in most Early Cambrian fossils originated by the early diagenetic replacement of originally calcitic, aragonitic, or organic skeletons (e.g., Runnegar 1985; Kouchinsky 2000).”
Recent Advances of Shell Matrix Proteins and Cellular Orchestration in Marine Molluscan Shell Biomineralization (2019, background): “The shell is the most well-known CaCO3 biominerals in molluscan animals, which contributes to support and protect them from predators, pathogens and to some extent from other environmental conditions, such as desiccation, wave action and iceberg damage (Kouchinsky, 2000; Cusack and Freer, 2008).”
The origins of molluscs (2015, background): “…moulds (steinkerns) and partial replacements of the shell material make it possible to characterize their mineralogical ultrastructure, which provides additional information of potential phylogenetic relevance (Runnegar 1985; Kouchinsky 1999, 2000; Feng and Sun 2003; Vendrasco et al. 2010, 2011a).”