The Cambrian diversification of animals was long thought to have begun with an explosive
phase at the start of the Tommotian Age. Recent stratigraphic discoveries, however, suggest …

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 …

Molluscs (snails, octopuses, clams and their relatives) have a great disparity of body plans
and, among the animals, only arthropods surpass them in species number. This diversity …

Morphological (including ultrastructural) and developmental characters utilized in recent
literature are critically reviewed as the basis to reassess the phylogenetic relationships of …

The mid-Paleozoic was punctuated by a rapid radiation of durophagous (shell-crushing)
predators. These new predators were primarily placoderm and chondrichthyan fishes but …

2.2. Modes of Sediment-Mediated Interaction 2.3. Ranking Modes of Disturbance.... 2.4.
Effects of Bulldozing on IMOUS..... 2.5. Determinants of Bioturbation Rates... 2.6 …

Relationships among the major lineages of Mollusca have long been debated.
Morphological studies have considered the rarely collected Monoplacophora (Tryblidia) to …

Evolutionary changes in herbivore abundance, diversity, and ability to excavate calcareous
substrata occurred independently in three major herbivore groups: mollusks, urchins, and …

This work consists of a systematic catalogue and primary bibliography of the living Bivalvia
of the eastern Pacific Ocean from Bering Strait, Alaska (66 N) to Cape Horn, Tierra del …

Describes an extraordinary endemic radiation of hydrobioid snails in the Mekong River
(MR). The monophyletic radiation involving the subfamily Triculinae, 3 tribes, 11 genera, & …