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Molluscan Shell Morphology

Molluscan Shell Morphology is a systematic framework in paleontological science that characterizes the structural form, ornamentation, and geometric configuration of molluscan exoskeletal remains to interpret taxonomic identity, evolutionary relationships, and functional adaptations within fossil assemblages.

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Geometric analysis of shell coiling; general problems

David M. Raup · Journal of Paleontology · 1966 · 731 citations

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Mollusc larval shell formation: amorphous calcium carbonate is a precursor phase for aragonite

Ingrid M. Weiss, Noreen Tuross, Lia Addadi et al. · Journal of Experimental Zoology · 2002 · 670 citations

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Symbolic use of marine shells and mineral pigments by Iberian Neandertals

Joào Zilhão, Diego E. Angelucci, Ernestina Badal et al. · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 2010 · 670 citations · Full text

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Towards a phylogeny of gastropod molluscs: an analysis using morphological characters

Winston F. Ponder, David R. Lindberg · Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society · 1997 · 632 citations · Full text

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Structures of mollusc shell framework proteins

Shu Sudo, Takahiko Fujikawa, Takeshi Nagakura et al. · Nature · 1997 · 453 citations

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    Bruce Runnegar

    University of California, Los Angeles, United States

    13 publications · 889 citations

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    John S. Peel

    Uppsala University, Sweden

    15 publications · 381 citations

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    António Checa

    Universidad de Granada, Spain

    13 publications · 671 citations

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  4. BR
    Bernd R. Schöne

    Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Germany

    12 publications · 680 citations

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  5. BM
    Brian Morton

    University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR China

    11 publications · 481 citations

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Institutions

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  1. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    24 h-index

    118 publications

    7.2K citations

  2. Yale University

    New Haven, United States

    18 h-index

    27 publications

    2.3K citations

  3. University of Vienna

    Vienna, Austria

    17 h-index

    37 publications

    2.4K citations

  4. The University of Tokyo

    Tokyo, Japan

    17 h-index

    56 publications

    2.9K citations

  5. Natural History Museum

    London, United Kingdom

    17 h-index

    37 publications

    2.1K citations

  6. Uppsala University

    Uppsala, Sweden

    15 h-index

    29 publications

    628 citations

  7. University of Cambridge

    Cambridge, United Kingdom

    15 h-index

    25 publications

    714 citations

  8. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas

    Buenos Aires, Argentina

    14 h-index

    48 publications

    1.7K citations

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  1. Journal of Molluscan Studies

    130 publications · 3.7K citations

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  2. Lethaia

    47 publications · 2.1K citations

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  3. Journal of Paleontology

    52 publications · 2.5K citations

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  5. Journal of Zoology

    26 publications · 1.2K citations

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