Photograph of spiny Spondylus bivalve shells.

Class Bivalvia: References and Further Reading

Chapter contents:

Class Bivalvia: Introduction and Morphology
1. Bivalve Phylogeny and Classification
– 2. Bivalve Ecology and Paleoecology
– 3. Evolutionary History of Bivalves
4. References and Further Reading ←

Image above: Specimens of the spiny bivalve Spondylus on display at the Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University. Photograph by Jonathan R. Hendricks.

References and Further Reading

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Bieler, R., P.M. Mikkelsen, T.M., Collins, E.A. Glover, V.L. González, D.L., Graf, E.M. Harper, E.M., J. Healy, G.Y. Kawauchi, P.P. Sharma, S. Staubach, E.E. Strong, J.D. Taylor, I. Tëmkin, J.D. Zardus, S. Clark, A. Guzmán, E. McIntyre, P. Sharp, and G. Giribet. 2014. Investigating the Bivalve Tree of Life – an exemplar-based approach combining molecular and novel morphological characters. Invertebrate Systematics, 28(1): 32–115.

Brett, C.E., V.B. Dick, and G.C. Baird. 1991. Comparative taphonomy and paleoecology of Middle Devonian dark gray and black shale facies from western New York. In E. Landing and C.E. Brett, eds., Dynamic stratigraphy and depositional environments of the Hamilton Group (Middle Devonian) in New York State, Part II. New York State Museum Bulletin, No. 469, p. 5–36.

Brower, J.C., and O.B. Nye, Jr. 1991. Quantitative analysis of paleocommunities in the lower part of the Hamilton Group near Cazenovia, New York. In E. Landing and C.E. Brett, eds., Dynamic stratigraphy and depositional environments of the Hamilton Group (Middle Devonian) in New York State, Part II. New York State Museum Bulletin, No. 469, p. 5–36.

Chen, Z.-Q., and M.J. Benton. 2012. The timing and pattern of biotic recovery following the end-Permian mass extinction. Nature Geoscience, 5(6): 375–383.

Combosch, D.J., T.M. Collins, E.A. Glover, D.L. Graf, E.M. Harper, J.M. Healy, G.Y. Kawauchi, S. Lemer, E. McIntyre, E.E. Strong, J.D. Taylor, J.D. Zardus, P.M. Mikkelsen, G. Giribet, and R. Bieler. 2017. A family-level Tree of Life for bivalves based on a Sanger-sequencing approach. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 107:191–208.

Crame, J.A. 2002. Evolution of taxonomic diversity gradients in the marine realm: a comparison of Late Jurassic and Recent bivalve faunas. Paleobiology, 28(2): 184–207.

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