Giribet, GonzaloGonzalez, Vanessa Liz2013-10-152013-10-152013Gonzalez, Vanessa Liz. 2013. Evolution of Bivalvia: Multi-level phylogenetic and phylogenomic reconstructions within Bivalvia (Mollusca) with emphasis on resolving familial relationships within Archiheterodonta (Bivalvia: Heterodonta).. Doctoral dissertation, Harvard University.http://dissertations.umi.com/gsas.harvard:11172http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:HUL.InstRepos:11169800With an estimated 8,000-20,000 species, bivalves represent the second largest living class of molluscs (Bieler et al. 2013). Revived interest in molluscan phylogeny has resulted in a torrent of molecular sequence data from phylogenetic, mitogenomic, and phylogenomic studies. Despite recent progress, basal relationships of the class Bivalvia remain contentious, owing to conflicting hypotheses often between morphology and molecules.en-USBiologyEvolution & developmentZoologyArchiheterodontaBivalviaPhylogenomicsPhylogenySystematicsTaxonomyThesis or Dissertation2014-10-10