Journal article
Rubyspira, New Genus and Two New Species of Bone-Eating Deep-Sea Snails With Ancient Habits
The Biological bulletin (Lancaster), Vol.219(2), pp.166-177
10/2010
Handle:
https://hdl.handle.net/2376/115683
PMID: 20972261
Abstract
Rubyspira, a new genus of deep-sea snails (Gastropoda: Abyssochrysoidea) with two living species, derives its nutrition from decomposing whalebones. Molecular phylogenetic and morphological evidence places the new genus in an exclusively deep-sea assemblage that includes several close relatives previously known as fossils associated with Cretaceous cold seeps, plesiosaur bones, and Eocene whalebones. The ability to exploit a variety of marine reducing environments may have contributed to the evolutionary longevity of this gastropod lineage.
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- Title
- Rubyspira, New Genus and Two New Species of Bone-Eating Deep-Sea Snails With Ancient Habits
- Creators
- S. B Johnson - Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute, Moss Landing, California 95039A Warén - Swedish Museum of Natural History, Box 50007, SE-10405 Stockholm, SwedenR. W Lee - Washington State University, Pullman, Washington 99164Y Kano - Department of Marine Ecosystems Dynamics, Atmosphere and Ocean Research Institute, University of Tokyo, 5-1-5 Kashiwanoha, Kashiwa, Chiba 277-8564, JapanA Kaim - Instytut Paleobiologii PAN, ul. Twarda 51/55, PL-00-818 Warszawa, PolandA Davis - Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute, Moss Landing, California 95039E. E Strong - National Museum of Natural History, Department of Invertebrate Zoology, MRC 163, PO Box 37012, Washington DC 20013-7012R. C Vrijenhoek - Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute, Moss Landing, California 95039
- Publication Details
- The Biological bulletin (Lancaster), Vol.219(2), pp.166-177
- Academic Unit
- Paul G. Allen School for Global Animal Health
- Publisher
- Marine Biological Laboratory
- Identifiers
- 99900548280601842
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Journal article