Science. 1974 Dec 20;186(4169):1113-5. doi: 10.1126/science.186.4169.1113.
Small-rimmed intertidal reefs develop in the subtropical marine waters of Israel and Bermuda when erosion of exposed promontories is arrested by vermetid gastropods. The reefs in Bermuda are actively growing, wave-resistant biogenic structures, while those in Israel are limestone structures only encrusted by a relatively thin layer of vermetid shells cemented by coralline algae.
当暴露的海岬受到涡螺的侵蚀而停止侵蚀时，小缘潮间带礁就在以色列和百慕大的亚热带海洋水域中发育。百慕大的珊瑚礁是活跃生长的、抗波浪的生物结构，而以色列的珊瑚礁只是被一层相对较薄的由珊瑚藻粘结的涡螺壳所覆盖的石灰岩结构。
