Dear Ellinor,
This is some references that I have found dealing with
morphometry applied to Molluscs
Crampton, J. S. (1995). Elliptic Fourier shape analysis of
fossil bivalves: some practical considerations. Lerthaia 28:
179-186.
Crampton, J. S. and P. A. Maxwell (2000). Size: all it's
shaped up to be? Evolution of shape through the lifespan of
the Cenozoic bivalve Spissatella (Crassatellidae). The
evolutionary biology of the Bivalvia. E. M. Harper, J. D.
Taylor and J. A. Crame. London, Geological Society. 177: 399-
423.
Ferson, S., F. J. Rohlf, et al. (1985). easuring shape
variation of two-dimensional outlines. Systematic Zoology 34
(1): 59-68.
Gevirtz, J. L. (1976). Fourier analysis of bivalve outlines:
implications on evolution and autecology. Mathematical
Geology 8(2): 151-163.
Glassburn, T. A. (1995). A new palaeontological technique
describing temporal shape variation in miocene bivalves.
Palaeontology 38(1): 133-151.
Hickey, D. R. (1987). Shell shape plasticity in the late
Pennsylvanian Myalinids (Bivalvia). Journal of Paleontology 61
(2): 290-311.
Lison, L. (1949). Recherches sur la forme et la m�canique de
d�veloppement des coquilles des lamellibranches. M�moires de
Mus�e Royal d'Histoire Naturelle de Belgique, Ser. 2(34): 3-87.
Neige, P. (1999). The use of landmarks to describe ammonite
shape. Advancing research on living and fossil cephalopods.
Oloriz and Rodriguez-Tovar. New York, Kluwer Academic/Plenum
Publisher: 263-272.
Raup, D. M. (1962). Computer as aid in describing form in
gastropod shells. Science 138: 150-152.
Raup, D. M. (1963). Analysis of shell form in gastropods.
Special Reports of the Geological Society of America(73): 222.
Sasaki, O. (1991). Discrimination of the two new Andara
species using shell growth parameters and Fourier
descriptors. Trans. Proc. Paleontological Society of Japan
161: 697-713.
Sincerly yours
Anthony Tort
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