Researchers analyze why certain snail species survived the end-Triassic mass extinction as over half of other gastropod species were wiped out
IMAGE: THE HETEROBRACHIA WAS LITTLE AFFECTED BY THE END-TRIASSIC MASS EXTINCTION, POSSIBLY BECAUSE OF A FLEXIBLE MODE OF FEEDING OF THE LARVAE, AN ADAPTATION TO RELATIVELY WARM TEMPERATURES, AND A FLEXIBLE ATTACHMENT OF THE MANTLE THAT ALLOWED FOR COVERING THE SHELL. view more
CREDIT: MARIEL FERRARI, CC-BY 4.0 (HTTPS://CREATIVECOMMONS.ORG/LICENSES/BY/4.0/)
Article URL: https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0276329
Article Title: Gastropods underwent a major taxonomic turnover during the end-Triassic marine mass extinction event
Author Countries: Argentina, Switzerland
Funding: This research was funded by the Swiss National Science Foundation (SNF), grant IZSEZ0_193022/1 to MH. The funders had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript.
JOURNAL
PLoS ONE
ARTICLE TITLE
Gastropods underwent a major taxonomic turnover during the end-Triassic marine mass extinction event
ARTICLE PUBLICATION DATE
2-Nov-2022
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