Correlation between shell phenotype and local environment suggests a role for natural selection in the evolution of Placostylus snails

Description:

The giant edible Placostylus snails of New Caledonia occur across a wide range of environmental conditions, from the dry southwest to the wetter central and northeastern regions. In large, slow-moving animals such as Placostylus, speciation could be assumed to be largely driven by allopatry and genetic drift as opposed to natural selection. We examined variation in shell morphology using geomet...

Display date:

2015-08

Location:

New Caledonia

Format:

Scholarly text

Collections:

Otago University Research Archive

Publisher:

Wiley

Content partner:

University of Otago

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