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The Mollusca. Volume 10, Evolution /
FROM THE GENERAL PREFACE: This multivolume work, The Mollusca, had its origins in the mid 1960s with the publication of two volumes entitled Physiology of Mollusca and edited by Wilbur and Yonge. In those volumes, 27 authors collaborated to summarize the status of the conventional topics of physiolo...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Otros Autores: | , |
| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Orlando :
Academic Press,
1985.
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| Colección: | Mollusca ;
volume 10. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Front Cover; Evolution; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Contributors; General Preface; Preface; Outline Classification of Mollusca; Contents of Other Volumes; Chapter 1. Origin and Diversification of the Mollusca; I. Introduction; II. Origin of the Mollusca; III. The Development of Higher Taxa; IV. Ultrastructural Evolution of the Molluscan Shell; V. Classification of Cambrian Molluscs; VI. Summary and Perspective; References; Chapter 2. Early Evolution and the Primitive Groups; I. Introduction; II. Basic Organization of the Primitive Groups; III. Early Evolution of Mollusca.
- IV. Final SynopsisReferences; Chapter 3. Evolution within the Gastropoda: Prosobranchia; I. Introduction; II. Basic Organization; III. Adaptive Radiation; IV. Evolutionary Processes; V. Classification; References; Chapter 4. Limpets: Evolution and Adaptation; I. Introduction; II. Modes of Feeding; III. Limpet Form and Physical Factors; IV. Adaptations to Predators; V. Competition; VI. Future Research; References; Chapter 5. Aspects of Evolution within the Opisthobranchs; I. Introduction; II. Origins and Paleontology; III. Comparative Anatomy and Embryology; IV. Cytotaxonomy.
- v. Discussion of Some OrdersVI. Possible Phylogenesis of Orders and Organs; References; Chapter 6. Origin and Diversification of Pulmonate Land Snails; I. Introduction; II. Origin of the Land Pulmonates; III. Diversification of the Land Pulmonates; IV. Summary and Prospectus; References; Chapter 7. The Early Evolution of Diasome Molluscs; I. Introduction; II. Origin of Rostroconchs; III. Stratigraphy and Evolution of Rostroconchs; IV. Evolution of Early Paleozoic Pelecypods; V. Evolution of Scaphopods; VI. Summary and Perspective; References.
- Chapter 8. Recent Bivalvia: Their Form and EvolutionI. Introduction; II. The Class Bivalvia; III. Subclass Protobranchia; IV. Subclass Lamellibranchia; V. Perspective; References; Chapter 9. Adaptive Radiation in the Anomalodesmata; I. Introduction; II. Classification; III. Anomalodesmatan Characters; IV. The Fossil Anomalodesmata; V. The Extant Superfamilies; VI. Phylogenetic Origins and Lineages; VII. Discussion; References; Chapter 10. Distribution of Adaptations: A Comparison between the Functional Shell Morphology of Freshwater and Marine Pelecypods; I. Introduction.
- II. Functional Shell MorphologyIII. Shell Form in Freshwater Clams; IV. Geographical Differences among Regions; V. Selection in the Freshwater Environment; VI. Possible Artifacts; VII. Summary and Conclusions; References; Index to Genera; Subject Index.