Eumelanin and pheomelanin pigmentation in mollusc shells may be less common than expected: insights from mass spectrometry ...

• Main Authors: Affenzeller, Susanne, Wolkenstein, Klaus, Frauendorf, Holm, Jackson, Daniel
• Format: Dataset
• Language: English
• Published: Dryad 2020
• Subjects: Eumelanin; pheomelanin; Shell Pigment; Liquid chromatography–mass spectrometry; colour pattern; Nautilus; Crassostrea gigas
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.5061/dryad.h70rxwddx; https://datadryad.org/stash/dataset/doi:10.5061/dryad.h70rxwddx

Background: The geometric patterns that adorn the shells of many phylogenetically disparate molluscan species are comprised of pigments that span the visible spectrum. Although early chemical studies implicated melanin as a commonly employed pigment, surprisingly little evidence generated with more...