Molluscs comprise the second largest phylum of animals (after arthropods), occurring in
virtually all habitats. Some are commercially important, a few are pests and some carry …

New phylogenetic hypotheses of adaptive radiation in Gastropoda and basic gastropod
organization are discussed. Gastropods on land ie Archaeogastropod Neritopsina …

1985; Signor 1985), accelerating during the Cretaceous with the radiation of neogastropods
and other predatory gastropods (Sohl 1964; Taylor et al. 1980), suggesting that diet and …

The fifth mass extinction event (MEE) at the Cretaceous–Palaeogene (K–Pg) boundary 66
million years ago (Ma) led to massive species loss but also triggered the diversification of …

ABSTRACT A new review of available information, published and unpublished, on the
biology and paleobiology of turhtelline gastropods expands our knowledge of this important …

Exceptionally well‐preserved impressions of two bundles of bristles protrude from the
apertures of small, spiral shells of Pelagiella exigua, recovered from the Kinzers Formation …

Comparison of the shallow water, marine carbonate rocks of the Black River Group
(Ordovician) and Manlius Formation (Devonian) of New York shows strong similarities in …

SYNOPSIS. There are some 36 families that are wholly freshwater or with representative
species in freshwater. There are virtually no phylogenetic analyses for these families …

The terrestrial ecology of Pennsylvanian tropical wetlands is understood in detail, but coeval
dryland ecosystems remain highly enigmatic. To fill this gap in our knowledge, a …

Many benthic invertebrates, especially insects (eg, ephemeropterans and chironomids),
oligochaetes and molluscs, burrow in and disrupt sediments accumulating in modern lakes …