Heterobranchia II: The Pulmonata

Mordan, Peter; Wade, Chris

Abstract

This chapter focuses on the Pulmonata, gastropods belonging to the clade Heterobranchia. It explains that the pulmonates include the large majority of land snails and slugs, as well as many freshwater snails and a few small families of estuarine and shallow-water marine slugs and snails. It provides a summary of major taxonomic groupings within Pulmonata including their habitat, number of species, and earliest fossil record. It also outlines future directions of research in order to better understand the Pulmonata phylogeny.

Citation

Mordan, P., & Wade, C. (2008). Heterobranchia II: The Pulmonata. In W. Ponder (Ed.), Phylogeny and Evolution of the Mollusca (409-426). University of California Press. https://doi.org/10.1525/california/9780520250925.003.0015

• Publication Date: 2008-03
• Deposit Date: Aug 9, 2022
• Publisher: University of California Press
• Pages: 409-426
• Book Title: Phylogeny and Evolution of the Mollusca
• Chapter Number: 15
• ISBN: 9780520250925
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1525/california/9780520250925.003.0015
• Public URL: https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/9899811
• Publisher URL: https://academic.oup.com/california-scholarship-online/book/14522/chapter-abstract/168610629?redirectedFrom=fulltext