New Silurian aculiferan fossils reveal complex early history of Mollusca

Mollusca is the second most species-rich animal phylum, but the pathways of early molluscan evolution have long been controversial1, 2, 3, 4–5. Modern faunas retain only a fraction of the past forms in this hyperdiverse and long-lived group. Recent analyses6, 7–8 have consistently recovered a fundam...

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Main Authors: Sutton, MD, Sigwart, JD, Briggs, DEG, Gueriau, P, King, A, Siveter, DJ
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: Nature Research 2025