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Peer-reviewedCC BYJournal of the Royal Society, Interface

The crystalline style of molluscs: the nonlinear dynamics of a macroscale rotating structure in biology.

  • Sergio Testón-Martínez1,2
  • Louise Lavictoire3
  • Antonio G Checa4
  • C Ignacio Sainz-Díaz1
  • Julyan H E Cartwright1,5
5 affiliations
  1. 1Instituto Andaluz de Ciencias de la Tierra, IACT-CSIC , 18100 Armilla, Granada, Spain.
  2. 2University of Granada , Granada, Spain.
  3. 3Freshwater Biological Association, The Ferry Landing , Far Sawrey, Ambleside, Cumbria, LA22 0LP, UK.
  4. 4Departamento de Estratigrafía y Paleontología, Universidad de Granada , 18071 Granada, Spain.
  5. 5Instituto Universitario Carlos I de Física Teórica y Computacional, Universidad de Granada , 18071 Granada, Spain.
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Abstract

We investigate the biophysics of crystalline style rotation in molluscs. We show that its efficient functioning as a type of food processor and mixer suggests a mechanism determined by the nonlinear physics of the variation in the rotation rate of the style. The crystalline style of molluscs is perhaps the only example above the cellular level of continuous rotation of a body part in animals.

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@article{testonmartinez2026crystalline,
  title = {{The crystalline style of molluscs: the nonlinear dynamics of a macroscale rotating structure in biology.}},
  author = {Sergio Testón-Martínez and Louise Lavictoire and Antonio G Checa and C Ignacio Sainz-Díaz and Julyan H E Cartwright},
  journal = {Journal of the Royal Society, Interface},
  year = {2026},
  month = oct,
  doi = {10.1098/rsif.2025.1232},
  url = {https://europepmc.org/article/MED/42901515},
  note = {CC BY},
}
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TY  - JOUR
TI  - The crystalline style of molluscs: the nonlinear dynamics of a macroscale rotating structure in biology.
AU  - Sergio Testón-Martínez
AU  - Louise Lavictoire
AU  - Antonio G Checa
AU  - C Ignacio Sainz-Díaz
AU  - Julyan H E Cartwright
PY  - 2026
DA  - 2026/10/01
JO  - Journal of the Royal Society, Interface
DO  - 10.1098/rsif.2025.1232
UR  - https://europepmc.org/article/MED/42901515
AB  - We investigate the biophysics of crystalline style rotation in molluscs. We show that its efficient functioning as a type of food processor and mixer suggests a mechanism determined by the nonlinear physics of the variation in the rotation rate of the style. The crystalline style of molluscs is perhaps the only example above the cellular level of continuous rotation of a body part in animals.
SN  - 1742-5689
SN  - 1742-5662
ER  -