Genome of the enigmatic watering-pot shell and morphological adaptations for anchoring in sediment
While the conclusions presented here on morphological interpretations are theoretical, this serves as a foundation for further empirical validation and refinement. Our study offers new insights to a long-standing mystery in molluscan body forms and provides genomic resources that are relevant to understanding molluscan evolution, biomineralisation, and biomimetic design.
Authors
- Tilman Schell (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6431-6018)
- Nur Leena W. S. Wong (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8008-6400)
- Julia D. Sigwart (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3005-6246)
- Zeyuan Chen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0000-1046-3744)
- Carola Greve (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4993-1378)
- Vanessa L. González (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1593-4469)
- Fabrizio Marcondes Machado (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5085-865X)
Institutions
- Goethe University Frankfurt (DE)
- Universiti Putra Malaysia (MY)
- National Museum of Natural History (US)
- Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP) (BR)
- Senckenberg Research Institute and Natural History Museum Frankfurt/M (DE)
- LOEWE Centre for Translational Biodiversity Genomics (DE)
Publication Details
- Journal
- BMC Genomics
- Published
- 2025-05-09
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s12864-025-11622-w
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Aquatic Invertebrate Ecology and Behavior
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 1.72
Funders
- Radboud Universitair Medisch Centrum
- Leibniz-Gemeinschaft