Table 1 The shells of 13 different mollusc species investigated in this study

Bivalvia

C. gigas¹

–

–

[30] UV and IR spectroscopy

Bivalvia

L. ornata³

–

–

–

Bivalvia

L. tigrina³

–

–

–

Bivalvia

M. yessoensis³

–

–

[33] UV spectrophotometry and HPLC–UV

Bivalvia

M. edulis²

+

–

–

Bivalvia

P. maximus³

–

–

–

Cephalopoda

N. pompilius⁴

+

–

–

Gastropoda

C. nemoralis⁵

+

+

[7, 20] solubility tests

Gastropoda

C. pharaonius⁶

~ + ^*

–

[21] HPLC–UV

Gastropoda

C. marmoreus³

–

–

–

Gastropoda

C. tigris³

–

–

–

Gastropoda

H. asinina⁷

–

–

–

Gastropoda

S. adriatica⁸

+

–

–