Deep molluscan phylogeny: Synthesis of palaeontological and neontological data

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 274, Issue 1624, 2007, Pages 2413-2419

  Sigwart, Julia D ^a,b   Sutton, Mark D ^c  

^a National Museum of Ireland   (Ireland)

^b QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^c IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aculifera; Aplacophora; Helminthochiton thraivensis; Polyplacophora

Indexed keywords

CLADISTICS; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; MOLLUSC; MORPHOLOGY; PALEONTOLOGY; PALEOZOIC; PHYLOGENY; RECONSTRUCTION; TAXONOMY;

APLACOPHORA; ARTICLE; CHITON; CLADISTICS; EXTANT SPECIES; MOLLUSC; MONOPHYLY; NONHUMAN; ORDOVICIAN; PALEONTOLOGY; PALEOZOIC; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYNAPOMORPHY; SYNTHESIS;

ANIMALIA; APLACOPHORA; MOLLUSCA; POLYPLACOPHORA;

EID: 34548774532     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2007.0701     Document Type: Article

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