Whittier College Poet Commons Biology Faculty Publications & Research 2011 Morphological convergence of shell shape in distantly related scallop species (Mollusca: Pectinidae) Alvin Alejandrino
[email protected] Jeanne M. Serb Erik Otárola-Castillo Dean C. Adams Follow this and additional works at: https://poetcommons.whittier.edu/bio Part of the Biology Commons Recommended Citation Serb, J. M., Alejandrino, A., Otarola-Castillo, E., & Adams, D. C. (2011). Morphological convergence of shell shape in distantly related scallop species (Mollusca: Pectinidae). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 163(2), 571-584. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1096-3642.2011.00707.x This Article is brought to you for free and open access by the Faculty Publications & Research at Poet Commons. It has been accepted for inclusion in Biology by an authorized administrator of Poet Commons. For more information, please contact
[email protected]. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 2011, 163, 571–584. With 3 figures Morphological convergence of shell shape in distantly related scallop species (Mollusca: Pectinidae) Downloaded from https://academic.oup.com/zoolinnean/article/163/2/571/2625596 by Whittier College user on 17 September 2020 JEANNE M. SERB1*, ALVIN ALEJANDRINO1, ERIK OTÁROLA-CASTILLO1 and DEAN C. ADAMS1,2 1Department of Ecology, Evolution, and Organismal Biology, Iowa State University, Ames, IA 50011, USA 2Department of Statistics, Iowa State University, Ames, IA 50011, USA Received 3 June 2010; revised 3 October 2010; accepted for publication 4 October 2010 Morphological convergence is a central concept in evolutionary biology, but convergent patterns remain under- studied in nonvertebrate organisms. Some scallop species exhibit long-distance swimming, a behaviour whose biomechanical requirements probably generate similar selective regimes.