Misha Posted December 5, 2022 Share Posted December 5, 2022 Hello everyone, I've had this topic on my mind for a while now and thought I'd ask the forum to see if anyone has any knowledge or information related to this. We all know about the various transitions to land done by plants, arthropods and most famously tetrapods but one I don't see often discussed is that of gastropods. I wanted to ask here if anyone has any resources where I could learn more about this transition(s) I think it would be really interesting to know when, and how it happened. I don't even know if we have much information about this since snails don't tend to fossilize with something like lungs or gills but I assume there may be morphological or chemical changes within the shell that may give us clues as well as contextual ones based on the environment it was found in. If anyone knows anything on the topic or has any helpful resources where I could learn about it, I would greatly appreciate it. Thank you! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Top Trilo Posted December 6, 2022 Share Posted December 6, 2022 I've never even thought about that, interesting topic! 1 “If fossils are not "boggling" your mind then you are simply not doing it right” -Ken (digit) "No fossil is garbage, it´s just not completely preserved” -Franz (FranzBernhard) "With hammer in hand, the open horizon of time, and dear friends by my side, what can we not accomplish together?" -Kane (Kane) "We are in a way conquering time, reuniting members of a long lost family" -Quincy (Opabinia Blues) "I loved reading the trip reports, I loved the sharing, I loved the educational aspect, I loved the humor. It felt like home. It still does" -Mike (Pagurus) “The best deal I ever got was getting accepted as a member on The Fossil Forum. Not only got an invaluable pool of knowledge, but gained a loving family as well.” -Doren (caldigger) "it really is nice, to visit the oasis that is TFF" -Tim (fossildude19) "Life's Good! -Adam (Tidgy's Dad) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
piranha Posted December 6, 2022 Share Posted December 6, 2022 These look promising to get the ball rolling: Solem, A.C., Yochelson, E.L. 1979 North American Paleozoic Land Snails, with a Summary of other Paleozoic Nonmarine Snails. United States Geological Survey, Professional Paper, 1072:1-42 PDF LINK Ponder, W.F., Lindberg, D.R., Ponder, J.M. 2021 Biology and Evolution of the Mollusca: Volume 1. CRC Press – Taylor & Francis Group, 900 pp. Ponder, W.F., Lindberg, D.R., Ponder, J.M. 2021 Biology and Evolution of the Mollusca: Volume 2. CRC Press – Taylor & Francis Group, 870 pp. text from Ponder et al. 2021 [V.2] 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
piranha Posted December 6, 2022 Share Posted December 6, 2022 This paper is outstanding: Vermeij, G.J. & Watson-Zink, V.M. 2022 Terrestrialization in Gastropods: Lineages, Ecological Constraints and Comparisons with other Animals. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 136(3):393-404 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Misha Posted December 6, 2022 Author Share Posted December 6, 2022 12 minutes ago, piranha said: This paper is outstanding: Vermeij, G.J. & Watson-Zink, V.M. 2022 Terrestrialization in Gastropods: Lineages, Ecological Constraints and Comparisons with other Animals. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 136(3):393-404 Thank you again! This will be especially helpful, can't wait to give it a read Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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