Origin and Evolutionary Radiation of the Mollusca
Centenary Symposium of the Malacological Society of London
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Product details:
- Publisher OUP Oxford
- Date of Publication 7 December 1995
- ISBN 9780198549802
- Binding Hardback
- No. of pages406 pages
- Size 253x194x31 mm
- Weight 1176 g
- Language English
- Illustrations halftones, numerous line figures, tables 0
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Short description:
The Mollusca are a large, diverse, and economically important group that ranges from slugs and snails through clams and oysters to octopus, squid, and cuttlefish. They are evolutionarily ancient and better known than most invertebrate groups because their calcareous skeletons have led to their excellent preservation as fossils. This is a state-of-the-art summary of research into Molluscs and their evolution by a world-wide group of the most active and distinguished
workers within the field. Nothing comparable is available - the closest was published in 1985, since when research has moved on substantially.
Long description:
The Mollusca are a large, diverse, and economically important group that ranges from slugs and snails through to clams and oysters to octopus, squid, and cuttlefish. They are evolutionary ancient and better known than most invertebrate groups because of their calcareous skeletons which has led to their excellent preservation as fossils.
This is a state-of-the-art summary of research into Molluscs and their evolution. There is no comparable text - the last piece of research was published a decade ago, since when research has moved on substantially.
The overwhelming message of this volume is that all is not "business as usual" in malacology. The transition is well under way to a more analytical, hypothesis-driven ... practice of molluscan systematics.
Table of Contents:
Origins of Mollusca and evolution of the major groups
The Mollusca: coelomate turbellarians or mesenchymate annelids?
Synapomorphies and plesiomorphies in higher classifcation of Mollusca
Phylogenetic position of Sipuncula, Mollusca, and the progenetic Aplacophora
Origin of Aculifera and problems of monophyly of higher taxa in molluscs
An evolutionary tree for the Mollusca: branches or roots?
Early evolution of the Mollusca: the fossil record
Ultrastructure of the heart-kidney complex in smaller classes supports symplesiomorphy of molluscan coelomic characters
Molluscan sperm ultrastructure: correlation with taxonomic units within the Gastropoda, Cephalopoda and Bivalvia
Shell pores (Caeca, aesthetes) of Mollusca: a case of polyphyly
Evolution of high-latitude molluscan faunas
Gastropod phylogeny - challenge for the 90's
The significance of the early cleavage pattern for the reconstruction of gastropod phylogeny
Patterns of morphologic diversification during the initial radiation of the "Archaeogastropoda"
Anatomy and affinities of lepetid limpets (Patellogastropoda=Docoglossa)
Evolutionary systematics of Jurassica Trochoidea: the families Colloniidae and Proconulidae
The Littorina saxatilis species complex - interpretation using random amplified polymorphic DNAs
Evolutionary radiations in the cypraeidae
Phylogeny and relationships of Neogastropoda
The Diaphanidae as a possible sister group of the Sacoglossa (Gastropoda, Opisthobranchia)
Development of the anal gland in Haminea navicula (Da Costa, 1778) (Opisthobranchia, Bullomorpha) and homologous structures within gastropods
Contrasting developmental strategies and speciation in N.E. Atlantic prosobranchs: A preliminary analysis
Phylogenetic relationships of the pulmonate gastropods with a discussion on tempo and age of the stylommatphoran radiation, analyzed from partial 28s rRNA sequences
Relationships within the Ellobiidae
Parallelism in the origin of the G-type clausilial apparatus (Gastropoda, Polmonata, Clausiliidae)
Allozyme variation in some cretan Albinaria (Gastropoda; Clausiliidae): paraphyletic species as a natural phenomena
Crab predation as a selective agent on shelled gastropods: a case study of Calliostoma Zizyphinum (Prosobranchia: Trochidae)
Suprageneric phylogeny in Scaphopoda
The Bivalvia
The early evolution of the Bivalvia
The phylogenetic significance of some anatomical features of bivalve larvae
