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Heterobranchia

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taxon links Not MonophyleticMonophyly Uncertain[down<--]Gastropoda Interpreting the tree
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Containing group: Gastropoda

References

Colgan, D. J., W. F. Ponder, and P. E. Eggler. 2000. Gastropod evolutionary rates and phylogenetic relationships assessed using partial 28S rDNA and histone H3 sequences. Zoologica Scripta 29(1):29-63.

Dayrat, B. and S. Tillier. 2002. Evolutionary relationships of euthyneuran gastropods (Mollusca): a cladistic re-evaluation of morphological characters. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 135:403-470.

Dayrat, B., A. Tillier, G. Lecointre, and S. Tillier. 2001. New clades of euthyneuran gastropods (Mollusca) from 28S rRNA sequences. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 19:225-235.

Grande, C., J. Templado, J. L. Cervera and R. Zardoya. 2004. Molecular phylogeny of Euthyneura (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Molecular Biology and Evolution 21(2):303-313.

Haszprunar, G. 1985. The fine morphology of the osphradial sense organs of the Mollusca. Part 1: Gastropoda- Prosobranchia. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London Series B 307:457–496.

Haszprunar, G. 1985b. The Heterobranchia- a new concept of the phylogeny and evolution of the higher Gastropoda. Zeitschrift für Zoologische Systematik und Evolutionsforsch 23:15–37.

Haszprunar, G. 1988. On the orgin and evolution of major gastropod groups, with special reference to the Streptoneura (Mollusca). Journal of Molluscan Studies 54:367–441.

Klussmann-Kolb, A., A. Dinapoli, K. Kuhn, B. Streit, and C. Albrecht. 2008. From sea to land and beyond - new insights into the evolution of euthyneuran Gastropoda (Mollusca). BMC Evolutionary Biology 8:57. doi:10.1186/1471-2148-8-57

Ponder,W. F. 1991. Marine valvatoidean gastropods — implications for early heterobranch phylogeny. Journal of Molluscan Studies 57:21–32.

Ponder,W. F. and A. Warén. 1988. Classification of the Caenogastropoda and Heterostropha — a list of the family-group and higher category names. Malacological Review Suppl. 4:288–326.

Thollesson, M. 1999. Phylogenetic analysis of Euthyneura (Gastropoda) by means of the 16s rRNA gene: use of a fast gene for higher-level phylogenies. Proc. R. Soc. Lond. Ser. B 266:75-83.

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Scientific Name Helix aspersa
Location Iraklio, Crete, Greece
Specimen Condition Live Specimen
Source To boldly go...
Source Collection Flickr
Image Use creative commons This media file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs License - Version 2.0.
Copyright © 2006 Stavros Markopoulos
Scientific Name Ancula gibbosa
Location Bean Hollow State Beach, Pescadero, California, United States
Comments Observed in the rocky intertidal.
Specimen Condition Live Specimen
Identified By Ken-ichi Ueda
Sex Hermaphroditic
Life Cycle Stage Adult
Size ~2-3cm
Source Humped Ancula!
Source Collection Flickr
Image Use creative commons This media file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike License - Version 2.0.
Copyright © 2007 Ken-ichi Ueda
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