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Date: Wed, 2 Dec 1998 09:36:04 -0700
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Subject: Re: Evolutionary phenomena in mollusca
> >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
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Dear All:
Batesian and, I believe Mullerian mimicry examples exist in the
Opisthobranchia. Dr. Jeff Goddard <[log in to unmask]> has done some
serious work in this area.
Goddard, J.H.R. 1984a. Presumptive batesian mimicry of an aeolid nudibranch
by an amphipod crustacean. Shells & Sea Life 16(12):220-222.
Steve Long
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