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Scaphopoda

Scaphopoda is included in a phylogenomic sample of all major living molluscan classes, but its deep placement varies with matrix and model and does not establish scaphopod origin or fossil endpoints. This navigation entry is not a phylogeny or a complete taxon dossier.

Represented rangeRange unavailable

Content packagemolluscs-brachiopods

PBDBtxn:8166

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topology · medium

Scaphopoda is included in a phylogenomic sample of all major living molluscan classes, but its deep placement varies with matrix and model and does not establish scaphopod origin or fossil endpoints.

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Known limits

A missing branch or fossil occurrence does not imply biological absence. Internal nodes are not calibrated divergence estimates.

References

Resolving the evolutionary relationships of molluscs with phylogenomic toolsSmith, S.A.; Wilson, N.G.; Goetz, F.E.; Feehery, C.; Andrade, S.C.S.; Rouse, G.W.; Giribet, G.; Dunn, C.W. · 2011 · DOI 10.1038/nature10526
Open Tree of Life web servicesOpenTreeOfLife Project
The Paleobiology Database application programming interfacePeters, S.E.; McClennen, M. · 2016 · DOI 10.1017/pab.2015.39
Denormalized occurrence and taxon tables of the Paleobiology DatabaseThe Paleobiology Database Community; Kocsis, Á.T. · 2026 · DOI 10.5281/zenodo.21620933

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