Collaborative Research: REVSYS: Worm-snails revised (Mollusca: Gastropoda)

合作研究：REVSYS：蠕虫-蜗牛修订版（软体动物：腹足纲）

• 批准号: 0841760
• 负责人: Rudiger Bieler
• 金额: $ 25万
• 依托单位: Field Museum of Natural History
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2009
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2009-03-01 至 2015-02-28
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0841760&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Collaborative; Research; REVSYS; Worm; snails

Members of the 'worm-snail' family Vermetidae occur in temperate and tropical seas and have developed numerous highly unusual traits, including a gregarious cementing habit (making them important reef builders as well as nuisance species when transported globally) and a rapid rate of gene-order change. Their colonies also mark former sea levels, making them important indicators of sea level and climate change. While their potential as an environmental indicator and as a model system for studying gene order change is very high, their full potential has not been realized because of confusion concerning species delineations and relationships. This project uses a combined approach of morphology, molecules, and ultrastructure to discern relationships in the group, and will provide a stable classification, as well as new inferences about the tempo of diversification and historical geography of these species. The project involves extensive and interdisciplinary student training and will provide a collaborative platform for worldwide efforts in research and understanding of this diverse and important group of mollusks. The results will be widely disseminated through many media to a broad range of audiences, benefiting science education and conservation. Increased knowledge of this group will be particularly valuable for addressing questions about invasive species and sea level and climate changes.

“蠕虫”家族的vermetidae的成员出现在温带和热带海洋中，并发展了许多高度不寻常的特征，包括群居的水泥习惯（使其成为重要的珊瑚礁建造者以及在全球运输时的滋扰物）和基因的快速速度 - 订单更改。他们的殖民地还标志着以前的海平面，使其成为海平面和气候变化的重要指标。尽管它们作为环境指标和研究基因顺序变化的模型系统的潜力很高，但由于关于物种描述和关系的困惑，它们的全部潜力尚未实现。该项目使用形态学，分子和超微结构的组合方法来辨别小组的关系，并将提供稳定的分类，以及有关这些物种多元化和历史地理的节奏的新推论。该项目涉及广泛和跨学科的学生培训，并将为全球研究和理解这一多样化和重要的软体动物群体提供协作平台。 结果将通过许多媒体广泛传播到广泛的受众群体，从而使科学教育和保护受益。 对该群体的知识越来越大，对于解决有关入侵物种以及海平面和气候变化的问题将特别有价值。