title: Invertebrate evolution: bringing order to the molluscan chaos.
abstract: While the seven classes within the phylum Mollusca are clearly defined morphologically and molecularly, relationships between them have long been contentious. Two recent phylogenomic studies take an important step forward with intriguing implications for their evolution.
authors.affiliation: Department of Genetics Evolution and Environment, University College London, Gower Street, London WC1E 6BT, UK. m.telford@ucl.ac.uk
authors.forename: Maximilian J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Telford
authors.forename: Graham E
authors.initials: GE
authors.lastname: Budd
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D001499:Bayes Theorem; D005075:Biological Evolution; D018076:DNA, Complementary / Q000235:genetics; D016013:Likelihood Functions; D008957:Models, Genetic; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D008974:Mollusca / Q000033:anatomy & histology* / Q000235:genetics*; D010802:Phylogeny; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D013045:Species Specificity
chemical_list: D018076:DNA, Complementary