A RE-EVALUATION OF SHELL SHAPE VARIATION IN SHETLAND DOG-WHELKS, NUCELLA LAPILLUS (L.) AND THEIR USE AS BIOLOGICAL EXPOSURE INDICATORS

1992 ◽  
Vol 58 (3) ◽  
pp. 315-328 ◽  
Author(s):  
J.H. CROTHERS
Keyword(s):  
Shell Shape ◽  
Shape Variation ◽  
Nucella Lapillus ◽  
Exposure Indicators

An exposure scale for marine shores in western Norway

1978 ◽  
Vol 58 (4) ◽  
pp. 975-996 ◽  
Author(s):  
D. H. Dalby ◽  
E. B. Cowell ◽  
W. J. Syratt ◽  
J. H. Crothers
Keyword(s):  
Species Abundance ◽  
Shell Shape ◽  
Rocky Shores ◽  
Shape Variation ◽  
Nucella Lapillus ◽  
Extended Form ◽  
Independent Evidence ◽  
The North ◽  
Western Norway ◽  
The North Sea

A rocky shore exposure scale, intended primarily for use in the Fensfjord area, Western Norway, has been prepared. This scale is developed from an earlier scale devised by Ballantine for Milford Haven, Wales, making use of species abundance curves along the wave exposure gradient. Independent evidence for the validity of the scale is provided by shell shape variation in Nucella lapillus and by the height of the black lichen zone in the supralittoral fringe. The successive steps in the preparation of the scale are outlined, definitions of the exposure grades are given in tabular form for the restricted set of species analysed numerically and descriptions are provided in an extended form to provide a fuller picture for users of the scale. It is believed that the scale will prove applicable to other rocky shores around the North Sea.

Shell-shape variation in Faroese dog-whelks (Nucella lapillus (L.))

1981 ◽  
Vol 15 (4) ◽  
pp. 327-337 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. H. CROTHERS
Keyword(s):  
Shell Shape ◽  
Shape Variation ◽  
Nucella Lapillus

scholarly journals A developmentally descriptive method for quantifying shape in gastropod shells

2020 ◽  
Vol 17 (163) ◽  
pp. 20190721
Author(s):  
J. Larsson ◽  
A. M. Westram ◽  
S. Bengmark ◽  
T. Lundh ◽  
R. K. Butlin
Keyword(s):  
Empirical Studies ◽  
Three Dimensional ◽  
Shell Shape ◽  
Large Set ◽  
Littorina Saxatilis ◽  
Shape Variation ◽  
Gastropod Shell ◽  
Geometric Morphometric ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Descriptive Method

The growth of snail shells can be described by simple mathematical rules. Variation in a few parameters can explain much of the diversity of shell shapes seen in nature. However, empirical studies of gastropod shell shape variation typically use geometric morphometric approaches, which do not capture this growth pattern. We have developed a way to infer a set of developmentally descriptive shape parameters based on three-dimensional logarithmic helicospiral growth and using landmarks from two-dimensional shell images as input. We demonstrate the utility of this approach, and compare it to the geometric morphometric approach, using a large set of Littorina saxatilis shells in which locally adapted populations differ in shape. Our method can be modified easily to make it applicable to a wide range of shell forms, which would allow for investigations of the similarities and differences between and within many different species of gastropods.

Ontogeny in the steinmanellines (Bivalvia: Trigoniida): an intra- and interspecific appraisal using the Early Cretaceous faunas from the Neuquén Basin as a case study

Paleobiology ◽  
2021 ◽  
pp. 1-23
Author(s):  
Pablo S. Milla Carmona ◽  
Dario G. Lazo ◽  
Ignacio M. Soto
Keyword(s):  
Trajectory Analysis ◽  
Sedentary Lifestyle ◽  
Shape Change ◽  
Shell Shape ◽  
Shape Variation ◽  
Ontogenetic Changes ◽  
Ontogenetic Trajectories ◽  
Higher Genus ◽  
Gradual Decay

Abstract Despite the paleontological relevance and paleobiological interest of trigoniid bivalves, our knowledge of their ontogeny—an aspect of crucial evolutionary importance—remains limited. Here, we assess the intra- and interspecific ontogenetic variations exhibited by the genus Steinmanella Crickmay (Myophorellidae: Steinmanellinae) during the early Valanginian–late Hauterivian of Argentina and explore some of their implications. The (ontogenetic) allometric trajectories of seven species recognized for this interval were estimated from longitudinal data using 3D geometric morphometrics, segmented regressions, and model selection tools, and then compared using trajectory analysis and allometric spaces. Our results show that within-species shell shape variation describes biphasic ontogenetic trajectories, decoupled from ontogenetic changes shown by sculpture, with a gradual decay in magnitude as ontogeny progresses. The modes of change characterizing each phase (crescentic growth and anteroposterior elongation, respectively) are conserved across species, thus representing a feature of Steinmanella ontogeny; its evolutionary origin is inferred to be a consequence of the rate modification and allometric repatterning of the ancestral ontogeny. Among species, trajectories are more variable during early ontogenetic stages, becoming increasingly conservative at later stages. Trajectories’ general orientation allows recognition of two stratigraphically consecutive groups of species, hinting at a potentially higher genus-level diversity in the studied interval. In terms of functional morphology, juveniles had a morphology more suited for active burrowing than adults, whose features are associated with a sedentary lifestyle. The characteristic disparity of trigoniids could be related to the existence of an ontogenetic period of greater shell malleability betrayed by the presence of crescentic shape change.

scholarly journals BIOGEOGRAPHIC SHELL SHAPE VARIATION INTROPHON GEVERSIANUS(GASTROPODA: MURICIDAE) ALONG THE SOUTHWESTERN ATLANTIC COAST

Palaios ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 33 (11) ◽  
pp. 498-507 ◽  
Author(s):  
MARIANO E. MALVÉ ◽  
MARCELO M. RIVADENEIRA ◽  
SANDRA GORDILLO
Keyword(s):  
Atlantic Coast ◽  
Shell Shape ◽  
Southwestern Atlantic ◽  
Shape Variation

scholarly journals Genetic structure and shell shape variation within a rocky shore whelk suggest both diverging and constraining selection with gene flow

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael R Gemmell ◽  
Steven A Trewick ◽  
James S Crampton ◽  
Felix Vaux ◽  
Simon F K Hills ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Gene Flow ◽  
Genetic Structure ◽  
Rocky Shore ◽  
Shell Shape ◽  
Shape Variation
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