| Description |
xiv, 392 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm |
| Contents |
Machine derived contents note: Origins of Mollusca and evolution of the major groups -- 1. The Mollusca: coelomate turbellarians or mesenchymate annelids?, G. Haszprunar -- 2. Synapomorphies and plesiomorphies in higher classifcation of Mollusca, L.v. Salvini-Plawen & G. Steiner -- 3. Phylogenetic position of Sipuncula, Mollusca, and the progenetic Aplacophora, A.H. Scheltema -- 4. Origin of Aculifera and problems of monophyly of higher taxa in molluscs, D.I. Ivanov -- 5. An evolutionary tree for the Mollusca: branches or roots?, D.R. Lindberg & W.F. Ponder -- 6. Early evolution of the Mollusca: the fossil record, B. Runnegar -- 7. Ultrastructure of the heart-kidney complex in smaller classes supports symplesiomorphy of molluscan coelomic characters, M.P. Morse & P.D. Reynolds -- 8. Molluscan sperm ultrastructure: correlation with taxonomic units within the Gastropoda, Cephalopoda and Bivalvia, J.M. Healy -- 9. Shell pores (Caeca, aesthetes) of Mollusca: a case of polyphyly, S. Reindle & G. Haszprunar -- 10. Evolution of high-latitude molluscan faunas, J.A. Crame -- 11. Gastropod phylogeny - challenge for the 90's, W.F. Ponder & D.R. Lindberg -- 12. The significance of the early cleavage pattern for the reconstruction of gastropod phylogeny, J.A.M. van den Biggelaar -- 13. Patterns of morphologic diversification during the initial radiation of the "Archaeogastropoda", P.J. Wagner -- 14. Anatomy and affinities of lepetid limpets (Patellogastropoda=Docoglossa), G. Angerer & G. Haszprunar -- 16. Evolutionary systematics of Jurassica Trochoidea: the families Colloniidae and Proconulidae, S.I. Monari, M.A. Conti and J. Szabo -- 17. The Littorina saxatilis species complex - interpretation using random amplified polymorphic DNAs, S. Crossland, D. Coates, J. Grahame & P.J. Mill -- 18. Evolutionary radiations in the cypraeidae, E.A. Kay -- 19. Phylogeny and relationships of Neogastropoda, Y.I. Kantor -- 20. The Diaphanidae as a possible sister group of the Sacoglossa (Gastropoda, Opisthobranchia), K.R. Jensen -- 21. Development of the anal gland in Haminea navicula (Da Costa, 1778) (Opisthobranchia, Bullomorpha) and homologous structures within gastropods, K. Schaefer -- 22. Contrasting developmental strategies and speciation in N.E. Atlantic prosobranchs: A preliminary analysis, M. Oliverio -- 23. Phylogenetic relationships of the pulmonate gastropods with a discussion on tempo and age of the stylommatphoran radiation, analyzed from partial 28s rRNA sequences, S. Tillier, M. Masselot and A. Tiller -- 24. Relationships within the Ellobiidae, A.M. de Frias Martins -- 25. Parallelism in the origin of the G-type clausilial apparatus (Gastropoda, Polmonata, Clausiliidae), E. Gittenberger & M. Schilthuizen -- 26. Allozyme variation in some cretan Albinaria (Gastropoda; Clausiliidae): paraphyletic species as a natural phenomena, M. Schilthuizen & E. Gittenberger -- 27. Crab predation as a selective agent on shelled gastropods: a case study of Calliostoma Zizyphinum (Prosobranchia: Trochidae), S.J. Preston, D. Roberts & W.I. Montgomery -- 28. Suprageneric phylogeny in Scaphopoda, G. Steiner -- 29. The Bivalvia, B. Morton -- 30. The early evolution of the Bivalvia, J.C.W. Cope -- 31. The phylogenetic significance of some anatomical features of bivalve larvae, S. Cragg |
| Analysis |
Molluscs |
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Molluscs |
| Notes |
The Symposium held at the Natural History Museum, London, from the 14th to 16th of September 1993 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Mollusks -- Evolution -- Congresses.
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Mollusks -- Evolution.
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Mollusks -- Phylogeny -- Congresses.
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Mollusks -- Phylogeny.
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| Genre/Form |
Conference papers and proceedings.
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| Author |
Taylor, John David.
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| LC no. |
95030522 |
| ISBN |
0198549806 (hc) |
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