Abstract Information on genetic divergence and migration patterns of vent‐and seep‐
endemic macrobenthos can help delimit biogeographical provinces and provide scientific …

The freshwater slugs of the genus Acochlidium (Heterobranchia, Gastropoda, and
Acochlidimorpha) are peculiar, one to two centimeter sized animals found only in small …

Two pairs of equidimensional muscle-attachment scars are described on the dorso-lateral
surfaces of internal moulds of the helcionelloid molluscs Hensoniconus gen. nov. and …

Patellogastropoda has been recognized as the most 'primitive'group of living Gastropoda
and plays important role in littoral marine ecosystems. Both morphological and molecular …

ABSTRACT Invertebrate Zoology: A Tree of Life Approach is a comprehensive and
authoritative textbook adopting an explicitly phylogenetic organization. Most of the classical …

Among bivalve muscles, the adductors are particularly important for animal survival because
they control valve closure. Most studies have addressed the type and morphology of this …

Abstract The Mediterranean cone snail, Lautoconus ventricosus, is currently considered a
single species inhabiting the whole Mediterranean basin and the adjacent Atlantic coasts …

Protowenella is an early–middle Cambrian, isostrophically coiled, calcareous microfossil
originally described from the middle Cambrian (Miaolingian) of Australia; it has been …

Phylogenomic studies with hundreds or thousands of loci are rare for most invertebrate
groups, including freshwater gastropods. This can prevent understanding of phylogeny …

 Abstract In this study, we sequenced two complete mitogenomes from Deroceraslaeve and
Ambigolimaxvalentianus. The mitogenome of Ambigolimaxvalentianus represented the first …