At the COA convention in San Diego, there was a slide presentation on
nudibranchs. There was a beatiful mimic of two different species of
nudibranchs and one (?Platyhelminthes, flatworm). At first sight those were
indistinguishable.
 
Gijs
 
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> Van: G. Thomas Watters <[log in to unmask]>
> Aan: [log in to unmask]
> Onderwerp: Re: Evolutionary phenomena in mollusca
> Datum: woensdag 2 december 1998 16:19
>
> >Dear all:
> >   Just a random question, but do any members of Gastropoda (or any
other
> >mollusks for that matter) display either Mullerian or Batesian mimicry?
I
> >can't seem to think of any examples and it is driving me up the wall.
Also are
> >there any members of all classes of Mollusca that display Convergent
> >evolution, Adaptive radiation, Co-evolution, or Character displacement?
I
> >can't seem to think of mollusks but I sure can think of insects
> >Thanks
> >Sarah Watson
> >
> >
>
> Some years ago in Veliger, someone reported on an Anachis that mimicked
an
> amphipod, but I don't remember if it was Mullerian, Batesian, or just
> camouflage. A scud snail, I guess. Unfortunately, I don't have the
article
> here to tell you more.
>
>
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