Molluscs are among the most ancient, diverse, and important of all animal taxa. Even so, no
individual mollusc species has emerged as a broadly applied model system in biology. We …

Nassariidae are a group of scavenging, predominantly marine, snails that are diversified on
soft bottoms as well as on rocky shores, and are the subject of numerous research papers in …

Transcriptome-based exon capture methods provide an approach to recover several
hundred markers from genomic DNA, allowing for robust phylogenetic estimation at deep …

The superfamily Buccinoidea is distributed across the oceans of the world from the Arctic
Ocean to the Antarctic and from intertidal to abyssal depths. It encompasses 3351 recent …

Background DNA isolation and PCR amplification from molluscan taxa is considered as
problematic because polysaccharides in tissue and mucus presumably co-precipitate with …

The Tonnoidea is a moderately diverse group of large, predatory gastropods with∼ 360
valid species. Known for their ability to secrete sulfuric acid, they use it to prey on a diversity …

Abstract With more than 5,000 species, Conoidea is one of the most diversified
superfamilies of Gastropoda. Recently, the family-level classification of these venomous …

The superfamily Olivoidea is broadly distributed in the world's oceans mostly in coastal
waters at tropical and subtropical latitudes. It encompasses around 30 Recent genera and …

How species diversification occurs remains an unanswered question in predatory marine
invertebrates, such as sea snails of the family Terebridae. However, the anatomical disparity …

Abstract The neogastropod family Fasciolariidae Gray, 1853–tulips, horse-conchs, spindles,
etc., comprises important representatives of tropical and subtropical molluscan …