Recognising and defining a new crown clade within Stromboidea Rafinesque, 1815 (Mollusca, Gastropoda)
Maxwell, S.J.; Dekkers, A.M.; Rymer, T.L.; Congdon, B.C. (2019). Recognising and defining a new crown clade within Stromboidea Rafinesque, 1815 (Mollusca, Gastropoda). ZooKeys 867: 1-7. https://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.867.34381
In: ZooKeys. Pensoft: Sofia. ISSN 1313-2989; e-ISSN 1313-2970, more
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| Keywords |
Aporrhaidae J. E. Gray, 1850 [WoRMS]; Rostellariidae Gabb, 1868 [WoRMS]; Seraphsidae J. E. Gray, 1853 [WoRMS]; Strombidae Rafinesque, 1815 [WoRMS]; Struthiolariidae Gabb, 1868 [WoRMS]
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Aporrhaidae, Rostellariidae, Seraphsidae, Strombidae, Struthiolariidae |
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- Maxwell, S.J.
- Dekkers, A.M.
- Rymer, T.L.
- Congdon, B.C.
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| Abstract |
This paper defines a new crown clade Neostromboidea to separate the Strombidae, Rostellariidae, and Seraphsidae from their sister families Struthiolariidae and Aporrhaidae. There is significant value to understanding evolutionary processes within Stromboidea to recognise the universal similarity in the position of the eye on the end of peduncles and a diminished cephalic tentacle that arises from the middle to the end on that peduncle. This is in contrast to other members of the Stromboidea where the eye is located at the base of the cephalic tentacle. These physiological differences represent two set of organisms with divergent and independent evolutionary life histories and therefore these differences need to be identifiable within the nomenclature to bring meaning to the way we name things. |
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