Ranjeev Epa

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Is the medial shell carination in Lanistes carinatus an antipredatory plastic respose against shell crushers?

Are there any published studies on the formation of carinae in Lanistes? I noticed that not all of the individuals of the modern taxon Lanistes carinatus possess this carination. Therefore could...

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Is shell carination in freshwater gastropods a function of ecophenotypic plasticity ?

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Do I have to digitize semi landmarks as curves?

I just started working with Geometric Morphometrics. I am using the landmark method to test shape variation in gastropod shells. But with very few homologous landmarks, I also decided to use semi...

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Is there a clear spearation (changes in ornamentation?) between the protoconch and teloconch in Freshwater snails?

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