#scaphopods — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #scaphopods, aggregated by home.social.
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#Genomes of enigmatic tusk shells provide new insights into early molluscan #evolution https://phys.org/news/2023-09-genomes-enigmatic-tusk-shells-insights.html
#Scaphopoda is the sister taxon to #Bivalvia: Evidence of ancient incomplete lineage sorting https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2302361120
"#Scaphopods exhibit a mosaic of features resembling other lineages: tentacles like the arms of #cephalopods, unique shell ontology similar to #bivalves, and a partially degenerated head that seemingly represents an intermediate state between bivalves and #gastropods"