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Ancestral morphology of crown-group molluscs revealed by a new Ordovician stem aculiferan

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  • Jakob Vinther

    (School of Biological Sciences, University of Bristol
    School of Earth Sciences, University of Bristol)

  • Luke Parry

    (School of Biological Sciences, University of Bristol
    The Natural History Museum)

  • Derek E. G. Briggs

    (Yale University
    Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History)

  • Peter Van Roy

    (Yale University
    Ghent University)

Abstract

Presence of a radula in Calvapilosa kroegeri confirms the molluscan affinity of sachitids, and the single shell plate reveals the ancestral condition for all crown molluscs and early evolution of the multi-plated body plan characteristic of Aculifera.

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  • Jakob Vinther & Luke Parry & Derek E. G. Briggs & Peter Van Roy, 2017. "Ancestral morphology of crown-group molluscs revealed by a new Ordovician stem aculiferan," Nature, Nature, vol. 542(7642), pages 471-474, February.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:nature:v:542:y:2017:i:7642:d:10.1038_nature21055
    DOI: 10.1038/nature21055
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    1. Lorenzo Lustri & Pierre Gueriau & Allison C. Daley, 2024. "Lower Ordovician synziphosurine reveals early euchelicerate diversity and evolution," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 15(1), pages 1-12, December.

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