About 3 million years ago (Ma), the I sthmus of P anama joined the A mericas, forming a land
bridge over which inhabitants of each A merica invaded the other—the G reat A merican B …

With over 1600 extant described species, the Muricidae are one of the most species-rich and
morphologically diverse families of molluscs. As predators of molluscs, polychaetes …

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 …

Understanding the patterns, causes, and consequences of biotic interchange—the
movement of species between neighboring biotas—is crucial for evaluating the effects of …

A key fact in the history of Neogene Caribbean marine molluscs is the disappearance of the
“paciphile” taxa that occurred throughout Tropical America during the Miocene and the …

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 …

The neogastropod family Muricidae includes a diverse set of radular bauplane, including a
beaked, three-dimensional form, a flattened-pentacusped form, and a third “dagger” type in …

Fifty-eight muricid species were collected during recent expeditions to Fiji, including 3 new
species. A review of the literature added another 37 species reliably recorded from the …

ABSTRACT A systematic account of the upper lower–lower middle Miocene upper
Burdigalian to lower Langhian gastropod assemblage found in the Cantaure Formation of …

Muricid gastropod radulae are more complex than those of most other neogastropods,
especially in the number and variety of cusps, denticles, and interlocking mechanisms. How …