Hi Ellinor,
Here are references to a couple of my papers, as well as a
few others I am aware of. Let me know if you would prefer full
journal titles.
Ackerly, S. C. 1989. Kinematics of accretionary shell growth, with
examples from brachiopods and molluscs. Paleobiology 15: 147-164.
Cain, A. J. 1977. Variation in the spire index of some coiled
gastropod shells, and its evolutionary significance. Phil. Trans.
Roy. Soc. Lond. Ser. B 277: 377-428.
Cain, A. J. 1981. Variation in shell shape and size of helicid snails
in relation to other pulmonates in faunas of the Palaearctic region.
Malacologia 21: 149-176.
Cameron, R. A. D. 1981. Functional aspects of shell geometry in some
British land snails. Biol. J. Linn. Soc. 16: 157-167.
Cook, L. M., and W. N. Jaffar. 1984. Spire index and preferred
surface orientation in some land snails. Biol. J. Linn. Soc. 21:
307-313.
Ekaratne, S. U. K., and D. J. Crisp. 1983. A geometric analysis of
growth in gastropod shells, with particular reference to turbinate
forms. J. Mar. Biol. Assoc. UK 63: 777-797.
Graus, R. R. 1974. Latitudinal trends in the shell characteristics of
marine gastropods. Lethaia 7: 303-314.
Hayes, B. 1995. Space-time on a seashell. Amer. Sci. 83: 214-218.
Heath, D. J. 1985. Whorl overlap and the economical construction of
the gastropod shell. Biol. J. Linn. Soc. 24: 165-175.
Illert, C. 1987. Formulation and solution of the classical seashell
problem. Il Nuovo Cimento 9: 791-814.
Johnston, M. R., R. E. Tabachnick, and F. L. Bookstein. 1991.
Landmark-based morphometrics of spiral accretionary growth.
Paleobiology 17: 19-36.
Kohn, A. J., and A. C. Riggs. 1975. Morphometry of the Conus shell.
Syst. Zool. 24: 346-359.
Okamoto, T. 1988. Analysis of hetromorph ammonoids by differential
geometry. J. Paleontol. 31: 35-52.
Palmer, A. R. 1982. Growth in marine gastropods: A non-destructive
technique for independently measuring shell and body weight.
Malacologia 23: 63-73.
Palmer, A. R. 1992. Intraspecific variation in three species of rocky
shore gastropods from Hong Kong: Correlations among habitats and a
comparison with temperate species. Pp. 649-691 in Proceedings of the
Fourth International Marine Biological Workshop. Vol. 1. General
Proceedings., B. Morton, ed. Hong Kong University Press, Hong Kong.
Reyment, R. A., and W. J. Kennedy. 1991. Phenotypic plasticity in a
cretaceous ammonite analyzed by multivariate statistical methods: A
methodological study. Evol. Biol. 25: 411-426.
Schindel, D. E. 1991. Unoccupied morphospace and the coiled geometry
of gastropods: Architectural constraint or geometric covariation?
Pp. [don't have final pagination] in Causes of Evolution: A
Paleontological Perspective, R. M. Ross and W. D. Allmon, ed.
University of Chicago Press, Chicago.
Stone, J. R. 1996. The evolution of ideas: A phylogeny of shell
models. Amer. Midl. Natur. 148: 904-929.
Stone, J. R. 1997. Mathematical determination of coiled shell volumes
and surface areas. Lethaia 30: 213-219.
Stone, J. R. 1999. Using a mathematical model to test the null
hypothesis of optimal shell construction by four marine gastropods.
Mar. Biol. 134: 397-403.
Vermeij, G. J. 1971. Gastropod evolution and morphological diversity
in relation to shell geometry. J. Zool. (Lond) 163: 15-23.
Thanks for putting such a list together.
Cheers, Rich
>Dear Morphometricians,
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>Mauro's fish posting has prompted me to send out a request. I'm
>assembling a similar bibliography of mollusc morphometrics
>references. I'd also like to include a list of people interested in
>molluscan morphometrics. Ultimately I hope this will result in more
>ready access to the literature, better communication and ultimately
>some new progress in molluscan measurement techniques.
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>Please reply to me ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) if you would
>a) like to be included, and/or
>b) can suggest papers (yours or those of other people) that should be
>included.
>
>
>Best wishes,
>
>Ellinor
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