Phylogeny and Evolution of the Mollusca / Edition 1

by Winston Ponder, David R. R. Lindberg

Overview

Brought together by Winston F. Ponder and David R. Lindberg, thirty-six experts on the evolution of the Mollusca provide an up-to-date review of its evolutionary history. The Mollusca are the second largest animal phylum and boast a fossil record of over 540 million years. They exhibit remarkable anatomical diversity and include the bivalves (scallops, oysters, and clams), gastropods (limpets, snails, and slugs), and cephalopods (squid, cuttlefish, and octopus). This study treats each major taxon and supplies general information as well as overviews of evolution and phylogeny using data from different sources—morphological, ultrastructural, molecular, developmental, and from the fossil record.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780520250925
Publisher:	University of California Press
Publication date:	03/25/2008
Edition description:	First Edition
Pages:	488
Product dimensions:	7.00(w) x 10.00(h) x 1.20(d)

About the Author

Winston F. Ponder is an Honorary Fellow at the Australian Museum in Sydney, Australia, from where he recently retired after a long career as a research scientist specializing on molluscs. David R. Lindberg is Professor of Integrative Biology at the University of California, Berkeley, and Curator for the University of California Museum of Paleontology. He is also coeditor of Molecular Systematics and Phylogeography of Mollusks.

Table of Contents

List of Contributors     ix
Acknowledgments     xi
Molluscan Evolution and Phylogeny: An Introduction   Winston F. Ponder   David R. Lindberg     1
Relationships of Higher Molluscan Taxa   Gerhard Haszprunar   Christoffer Schander   Kenneth M. Halanych     19
The Early Cambrian Radiation of Mollusca   Pavel Yu. Parkhaev     33
Solenogastres, Caudofoveata, and Polyplacophora   Christiane Todt   Akiko Okusu   Christoffer Schander   Enrico Schwabe     71
Monoplacophora (Tryblidia)   Gerhard Haszprunar     97
Bivalvia   Gonzalo Giribet     105
Scaphopoda   Patrick D. Reynolds   Gerhard Steiner     143
Cephalopoda   Michele K. Nishiguchi   Royal H. Mapes     163
Gastropoda: An Overview and Analysis   Stephanie W. Aktipis   Gonzalo Giribet   David R. Lindberg   Winston F. Ponder     201
Paleozoic Gastropoda   Jiri Fryda   Alex Nutzel   Peter J. Wagner     239
Patellogastropoda, Neritimorpha, and Cocculinoidea: The Low-Diversity Gastropod Clades   David R. Lindberg     271
Vetigastropoda   Daniel L. Geiger   Alexander Nutzel   Takenori Sasaki     297
Caenogastropoda   Winston F. Ponder   Donald J. Colgan   John M. Healy   Alexander Nutzel   Luiz R. L. Simone   Ellen E. Strong     331
Heterobranchia I: The Opisthobranchia   Heike Wagele   Annette Klussmann-Kolb   Verena Vonnemann   Monica Medina     385
Heterobranchia II: The Pulmonata   Peter Mordan   Christopher Wade     409
Molluscan Evolutionary Development   Andreas Wanninger   Demian Koop   Sharon Moshel-Lynch   Bernard M. Degnan     427
Molluscan Evolutionary Genomics   W. Brian Simison   Jeffrey L. Boore     447
Index     463

What People are Saying About This

From the Publisher

"Provides an updated collation badly needed. . . . Makes exciting reading, all the more so because in providing overviews of work in progress it reflects divergent opinions."—Science (Aaas)

"[Will] serve as standard reference for evolutionary ecologists over the next decade."—Marine Ecology

"This book is a must-have for researchers studying molluscan (or even invertebrate) evolution. It includes an incredible amount of useful information, all of which is well-referenced."—Bulletin of Marine Science

"The book has been carefully edited and is rich in high-quality figures. . . . A standard reference for evolutionary ecologists over the next decade."—Marine Ecology

Editorial Reviews

[Will] serve as standard reference for evolutionary ecologists over the next decade.

Marine Ecology

The book has been carefully edited and is rich in high-quality figures. . . . A standard reference for evolutionary ecologists over the next decade.

Marine Ecology - Martin Zuschin

Provides an updated collation badly needed. . . . Makes exciting reading, all the more so because in providing overviews of work in progress it reflects divergent opinions.

Science (AAAS)

This book is a must-have for researchers studying molluscan (or even invertebrate) evolution. It includes an incredible amount of useful information, all of which is well-referenced.

Bulletin Of Marine Science