Taxonomic implications of molecular studies on Northern Brazilian Teredinidae (Mollusca: Bivalvia) specimens

The current taxonomy of the Teredinidae (shipworms) is wholly based on morphology and up to now no molecular studies of the phylogeny of this group have been published. In the present study the relationships between four genera of the subfamilies Teredininae and Bankiinae were established and the ef...

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Main Authors: Sonia Maria Lima Santos, Claudia Helena Tagliaro, Colin Robert Beasley, Horacio Schneider, Iracilda Sampaio, Carlos Santos Filho, Ana Cláudia de Paula Müller
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Genética 2005-03-01
Series:Genetics and Molecular Biology
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1415-47572005000100031