▪ Abstract We examine the genetics of marine diversification along the West Coast of North
America in relation to the Late Neogene geology and climate of the region. Trophically …

Molluscs comprise the second largest phylum of animals (after arthropods), occurring in
virtually all habitats. Some are commercially important, a few are pests and some carry …

Modern speciation theory is heavily influenced by Mayr's postulate that prolonged
geographical isolation is necessary for differentiated populations to evolve reproductive …

In phylogenetic inference by maximum-parsimony (MP), minimum-evolution (ME), and
maximum-likelihood (ML) methods, it is customary to conduct extensive heuristic searches of …

Little is known about the phenotypic consequences of global climate change, despite the
excellent Pleistocene fossil record of many taxa. We used morphological measurements …

With over 1600 extant described species, the Muricidae are one of the most species-rich and
morphologically diverse families of molluscs. As predators of molluscs, polychaetes …

The notion of a positive relation between geographical range and speciation rate or
speciation probability may go back to Darwin, but a negative relation between these …

Le site de Lariey (Réserve Naturelle Géologique de Saucats-La Brède), où se situe la coupe
principale de l'Aquitanien stratotypique, a livré 314 espèces de gastéropodes, dont 91% ont …

Members of the neogastropod muricid subfamily Rapaninae are abundant, shallow-water
predators whose phylogeny was previously investigated by Kool (1993b), who used mainly …

Although calyptraeid gastropods are not well understood taxonomically, in part because
their simple plastic shells are the primary taxonomic character, they provide an ideal system …