How does the choice of size metric, specimen selection, and taxonomic level affect the results of macroevolutionary or ecological analyses? Four molluscan data sets are used to address this question ...

Scientists are revolutionizing how new marine species are described through the Ocean Species Discoveries initiative. Using advanced lab techniques, researchers recently unveiled 14 new species from ...

SANTA BARBARA, Calif. – A study of bivalves on the western coast of South Africa led by Paul Valentich-Scott of the Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History provided new insights into the lives of the ...

When Sally was selling seashells by the seashore, it’s safe to say she could have charged a steeper price, because her wares weren’t just wondrous things to look at. In fact, shells and the bivalve ...

Journal of Paleontology, Vol. 83, No. 6 (Nov., 2009), pp. 954-961 (8 pages) X-ray CT scans at two different energies of three articulated specimens of Spathelopsis oakvalensis n. sp., a bivalve from ...

In a mangrove forest on the coast of Brazil, a new species was found clinging to the tangled roots. N Scot via Unsplash On coastlines and in estuaries around the globe, mangroves face rising sea ...