About Chaetopleura apiculata (Say, 1834)
This species is Chaetopleura apiculata (Say, 1834). In 2011, researchers published a study that used atom-probe tomography to analyze the chemical structure of this species' radula teeth. The study found that the teeth contain fibers surrounded by magnetite, and some teeth also contain sodium or magnesium. This study was likely the first time atom-probe tomography was used to study a radula and biominerals. This species is distributed in the Gulf of Mexico and the North West Atlantic.
