Symbiotic survival in marine bivalve mollusks
Friday, August 1, 2014 - 09:30
in Paleontology & Archaeology
One of the most diverse families in the ocean today -- marine bivalve mollusks known as Lucinidae (or lucinids) -- originated more than 400 million years ago in the Silurian period, with adaptations and life habits like those of its modern members. A new study tracks the remarkable evolutionary expansion of the lucinids through significant symbiotic relationships.