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kmk2307 · 10/15/2010, 06:59 PM

Snails and slugs are in a different class of Mollusca, Gastropoda. No one really knows how the 8 major lineages (classes) of molluscs are related to each other but figuring it out using DNA sequence data is my Ph.D. dissertation research project.

10/15/2010, 06:59 PM	#30
kmk2307 Registered Member Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Tuscaloosa, AL Posts: 5,110	Snails and slugs are in a different class of Mollusca, Gastropoda. No one really knows how the 8 major lineages (classes) of molluscs are related to each other but figuring it out using DNA sequence data is my Ph.D. dissertation research project.