A molecular palaeobiological hypothesis for the origin of aplacophoran molluscs and their derivation from chiton-like ancestors

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 279, Issue 1732, 2012, Pages 1259-1268

  Vinther, Jakob ^a   Sperling, Erik A ^a,c   Briggs, Derek E G ^a   Peterson, Kevin J ^b  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Dartmouth College   (United States)

^c HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aculifera; Mollusca; Palaeoloricates; Polyplacophora

Indexed keywords

BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; BIVALVE; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; MORPHOLOGY; ORDOVICIAN; PALEOBIOLOGY; PALEONTOLOGY; PHYLOGENETICS; PHYLOGENY; SHELL;

APLACOPHORA; CAUDOFOVEATA; CEPHALOPODA; CHAETODERMOMORPHA; MOLLUSCA; NEOMENIOMORPHA; POLYPLACOPHORA;

EID: 84857594976     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2011.1773     Document Type: Article

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