Biodiversity of cone snails and other venomous marine gastropods: evolutionary success through neuropharmacology

BM Olivera, P Showers Corneli, M Watkins… - Annu. Rev. Anim …, 2014‏ - annualreviews.org
Venomous marine snails (superfamily Conoidea) are a remarkably biodiverse marine
invertebrate lineage (featuring more than 10,000 species). Conoideans use complex …

Molecular phylogeny and evolution of the cone snails (Gastropoda, Conoidea)

N Puillandre, P Bouchet, TF Duda Jr… - Molecular phylogenetics …, 2014‏ - Elsevier
We present a large-scale molecular phylogeny that includes 320 of the 761 recognized valid
species of the cone snails (Conus), one of the most diverse groups of marine molluscs …

Towards a 'Sea‐Level Sensitive'dynamic model: impact of island ontogeny and glacio‐eustasy on global patterns of marine island biogeography

SP Avila, C Melo, B Berning, N Sá, R Quartau… - Biological …, 2019‏ - Wiley Online Library
ABSTRACT A synthetic model is presented to enlarge the evolutionary framework of the
General Dynamic Model (GDM) and the Glacial Sensitive Model (GSM) of oceanic island …

[PDF][PDF] The coastal fishes of the Cape Verde Islands–new records and an annotated check-list

P Wirtz, A Brito, JM Falcon, R Freitas, R Fricke… - Spixiana, 2013‏ - pfeil-verlag.de
The Cape Verde Archipelago consists of ten islands and nine islets, about 600 km west of
the “Cap Vert” near Dakar/Senegal, which is the westernmost point of continental Africa …

Diversification of sympatric broadcast‐spawning limpets (Cellana spp.) within the Hawaiian archipelago

CE Bird, BS Holland, BW Bowen… - Molecular …, 2011‏ - Wiley Online Library
Speciation remains a central enigma in biology, and nowhere is this more apparent than in
shallow tropical seas where biodiversity rivals that of tropical rainforests. Obvious barriers to …

Geometric morphometric character suites as phylogenetic data: extracting phylogenetic signal from gastropod shells

UE Smith, JR Hendricks - Systematic biology, 2013‏ - academic.oup.com
Despite being the objects of numerous macroevolutionary studies, many of the best
represented constituents of the fossil record—including diverse examples such as …

The geographic scale of speciation in a marine snail with high dispersal potential

M Claremont, ST Williams… - Journal of …, 2011‏ - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Aim We use the Stramonita haemastoma species complex (Muricidae) to
investigate the geographic scale of speciation in a marine snail with a long pelagic larval …

Phylogeography of Bivalve Cyclina sinensis: Testing the Historical Glaciations and Changjiang River Outflow Hypotheses in Northwestern Pacific

G Ni, Q Li, L Kong, X Zheng - PloS one, 2012‏ - journals.plos.org
Background The marginal seas of northwestern Pacific are characterized by unique
topography and intricate hydrology. Two hypotheses have been proposed to explain genetic …

Phylogenetic relationships of cone snails endemic to Cabo Verde based on mitochondrial genomes

S Abalde, MJ Tenorio, CML Afonso, JE Uribe… - BMC Evolutionary …, 2017‏ - Springer
Background Due to their great species and ecological diversity as well as their capacity to
produce hundreds of different toxins, cone snails are of interest to evolutionary biologists …

Taxonomic revision of West African cone snails (Gastropoda: Conidae) based upon mitogenomic studies: implications for conservation

MJ Tenorio, S Abalde, JR Pardos-Blas, R Zardoya - 2020‏ - digital.csic.es
In the last few years, a sharp increase in the number of descriptions of new species of West
African cone snails, particularly from the Cabo Verde Archipelago, has taken place. In …