Phylogeny and Evolution of the Mollusca
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anatomy
biology
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cephalopods
chitons
clams
developmental
dna sequences
ecology
eidonomy
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evolution
evolutionary biology
evolutionary history
external morphology
fossil records
gastropods
genomics
internal morphology
limpets
molecular
mollusca
morphological
morphology
natural selection
octopuses
outward appearance
oysters
paleobiology
phylogenetic inference
phylogenetic tree
phylogenetics
phylogeny
scallops
snails
squid
structural features
ultrastructural
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- ISBN 9780520250925
- Weight: 1361g
- Dimensions: 178 x 254mm
- Publication Date: 25 Mar 2008
- Publisher: University of California Press
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Hardback
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Brought together by Winston F. Ponder and David R. Lindberg, thirty-six experts on the evolution of the Mollusca provide an up-to-date review of its evolutionary history. The Mollusca are the second largest animal phylum and boast a fossil record of over 540 million years. They exhibit remarkable anatomical diversity and include the bivalves (scallops, oysters, and clams), gastropods (limpets, snails, and slugs), and cephalopods (squid, cuttlefish, and octopus). This study treats each major taxon and supplies general information as well as overviews of evolution and phylogeny using data from different sources - morphological, ultrastructural, molecular, developmental, and from the fossil record.
Winston F. Ponder is an Honorary Fellow at the Australian Museum in Sydney, Australia, from where he recently retired after a long career as a research scientist specializing on molluscs. David R. Lindberg is Professor of Integrative Biology at the University of California, Berkeley, and Curator for the University of California Museum of Paleontology. He is also coeditor of Molecular Systematics and Phylogeography of Mollusks.
