Molluscs are extremely diverse invertebrate animals with a rich fossil record, highly
divergent life cycles, and considerable economical and ecological importance. Key …

The interrelationships and evolutionary history of molluscs have seen great advances in the
last decade. Recent phylogenetic studies have allowed alternative morphology‐based …

Exceptionally preserved fossils provide crucial insights into extinct body plans and
organismal evolution. Molluscs, one of the most disparate animal phyla, radiated rapidly …

Molluscs biomineralize structures that vary in composition, form, and function, prompting
questions about the genetic mechanisms responsible for their production and the evolution …

Global reconstructions, inclusive of environments and ecosystems, and biodiversity counts
for the Devonian Period are often done so at the expense of high latitude regions given a …

The paper gives an overview of the modern hypotheses on the origin of the phylum Mollusca
and the formation of its main classes. The Cambrian stage of molluscan evolution is …

Mollusca is an animal phylum with vast morphological diversity and includes worm-shaped
aplacophorans, snails, bivalves, and the complex cephalopods [1]. The interrelationships of …

The Devonian palaeontological record of South Africa is essential in understanding plant
and animal evolution as well as global palaeobiogeography and palaeoecology at high …

Abstract The Anti-Atlas contains a thick, volcanic-free Ordovician succession that originally
deposited in a passive-margin basin. Three main sedimentary packages are bounded by …

The intertidal zone is one of the most stressful environments, with extreme shifts in
temperature, salinity, pH and oxygen concentration. Marine molluscs, particularly chitons …