The spiral cords of the Muricidae (Gastropoda, Neogastropoda): importance of ontogenetic and topological correspondences for delineating structural homologies

D Merle - Lethaia, 2005 - idunn.no
The Muricidae includes about 2500 Cenozoic and Recent species. One characteristic of this
radiation is its large sculptural diversification. Therefore, the shell features were used for the …

[HTML][HTML] The Lower Pliocene marine gastropods of Santa Maria Island, Azores: Taxonomy and palaeobiogeographic implications

C Sacchetti, B Landau, SP Avila - Zootaxa, 2023 - mapress.com
In this work, all the Lower Pliocene gastropod assemblages of Santa Maria Island are
revised. These all form part of the Touril Complex. Seventy-seven species are identified …

New Cenozoic Muricidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) from Europe

D Merle, JM Pacaud, D Ledon, B Goret - Geodiversitas, 2024 - BioOne
This paper introduces new European Cenozoic muricids coming mainly from different
French basins (Paris, Aquitaine, Loire and Normandy). Firstly, 24 species are described …

A review of fossil Bursidae and their use for phylogeny calibration

MT Sanders, D Merle, N Puillandre - Geodiversitas, 2019 - BioOne
Bursidae Thiele, 1925 is a moderately diverse group of extant tonnoidean gastropods with a
significant fossil record. We review the fossil record of the family. We exclude some taxa from …

The genus Trophon Monfort, 1810 (Gastropoda: Muricidae) in the Tertiary of Patagonia

M Griffin, G Pastorino - Journal of Paleontology, 2005 - cambridge.org
Species of Trophon Montfort, 1810 are well known from Tertiary rocks exposed over a wide
area of Patagonia. All nominal species referable to the genus were revised and, where …

First evidence of cannibalism in Crassimurex (ss) calcitrapa (Lamarck, 1803)(Gastropoda, Muricidae) from the Lutetian of the Paris Basin (France)

D Merle, DH Goldstein, ML Mckinney - Geodiversitas, 2024 - BioOne
Première observation d'un comportement cannibale chez Crassimurex (ss) calcitrapa
(Lamarck, 1804)(Gastropoda, Muricidae) du Lutétien du bassin de Paris (France). Les …

Revision of the Ocinebrina aciculata species complex (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Muricidae) in the northeastern Atlantic Ocean and Mediterranean Sea

A Barco, C Aissaoui, R Houart… - Journal of Molluscan …, 2018 - academic.oup.com
We used a molecular phylogenetic approach to investigate species delimitation and
diversification in the northeastern Atlantic and Mediterranean musseldrills of the Ocinebrina …

Imbricated shell sculpture in benthic bivalves

GJ Vermeij, TJ Thomson - Journal of Morphology, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Molluscan shells display a high diversity of external sculpture. Sculptural elements may be
symmetrical, where both edges of an element are morphologically similar, or asymmetrical …

New taxa and new synonymy in Muricidae (Neogastropoda: Pagodulinae, Trophoninae, Ocenebrinae) from the northeast Pacific

R Houart, G Vermeij, S Wiedrick - Zoosymposia, 2019 - mapress.com
New taxa and new synonymy in Muricidae (Neogastropoda: Pagodulinae, Trophoninae,
Ocenebrinae) from the Northeast Pacific Page 1 184 Accepted by Daniel Geiger: 29 Jan …

One for each ocean: revision of the Bursa granularis species complex (Gastropoda: Tonnoidea: Bursidae)

MT Sanders, D Merle, P Bouchet… - Journal of Molluscan …, 2017 - academic.oup.com
Bursa granularis (Röding, 1798) is a tonnoidean gastropod that is regarded as broadly
distributed throughout the Indo-Pacific and tropical western Atlantic. Because of its variable …