These brachiopods (formerly called inarticulate brachiopods) are small, and almost all have shells made of calcium phosphate. Many living linguliform brachiopods are infauna, though a few fossil forms ...

Brachiopods were evolving in new directions but this did not turn into evolutionary success in terms of the numbers of species, researchers have found. Skip to main content.

Brachiopods are filter feeders, sucking in water and catching food particles caught in the stream. By extending just beyond the brachiopod’s open shell, ...

These brachiopods measured on average 0.09 inches (2.4 millimeters) wide and 0.08 inches (1.9 mm) long and were abundant there, with approximately 60,000 individuals covering about 11 square feet ...

While brachiopods with tubes were smaller, Leung says this might not reflect a cost of parasitism. Instead, the tube creatures might just prefer to affix to smaller shells.

Now, a Virginia Tech doctoral student has discovered signs of drilling in clams (bivalve mollusks) and another bivalved organism, brachiopods, as far back as 290 million years ago. Skip to main ...

A major group of brachiopods are the strophomenids, of which Rafinesquina was one. Characterized by wide flat shells that measure a couple of inches across (large for a brachiopod), millions of ...

Brachiopods were evolving in new directions but this did not turn into evolutionary success in terms of the numbers of species, researchers at the University of Bristol, the Open University, and ...