Tethyan vicariance, relictualism and speciation: Evidence from a global molecular phylogeny of the opisthobranch genus Bulla

Journal of Biogeography

Volumn 36, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1760-1777

  Malaquias, Manuel António E ^a   Reid, David G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^b DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Allopatry; Bulla; Dispersal; Diversification; Relict species; Speciation; Tethys; Uncorrelated relaxed clock; Vicariance

Indexed keywords

ALLOPATRY; BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; CLADISTICS; DISPERSAL; DIVERGENCE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FOSSIL RECORD; GASTROPOD; ISOLATED POPULATION; MIOCENE; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; PHYLOGENY; RECONSTRUCTION; RELICT COMMUNITY; SPECIATION (BIOLOGY); SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES OCCURRENCE; TETHYS; VICARIANCE; ZOOGEOGRAPHY;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; AUSTRALASIA; PACIFIC OCEAN;

BULLA (GASTROPOD); BULLA (OPISTHOBRANCH); CEPHALASPIDEA;

EID: 68749105208     PISSN: 03050270     EISSN: 13652699     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2699.2009.02118.x     Document Type: Article

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