Symbiotic survival in marine bivalve mollusks
Posted by Oceanography News -- ScienceDaily on 1 August, 2014
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One of the most diverse families in the ocean today -- marine bivalve mollusks known as Lucinidae (or lucinids) -- originated more than 400 million years ago in the Silurian period, with adaptations and life habits like those of its modern members. A new study tracks the remarkable evolutionary expansion of the lucinids through significant symbiotic relationships....