Scientific papers on all aspects of mollusks are solicited. Deadline for titles of talks is May 1. Deadline for abstracts is June 1. Abstracts should be typed in a 5-inch square box, containing less than 250 words, in a format similar to the sample abstract shown below. We intend to print your abstract in the meeting program just as it is received.
Dark type is desirable.
Field trips are planned to Hubbs-Sea World Research Institute, paleontology sites in San Diego County, and Stephen Birch Aquarium at Scripps Institution of Oceanography. Terry Arnold and Lindsey Groves. This symposium will also include papers on feeding preferences, seasonal or geographic variations, parasitism, behavioral interactions with prey, and other life history studies on how mollusks, past or present, obtain nourishment. This symposium will introduce non-specialists to the use of invertebrate DNA and techniques of its application, followed by papers on using DNA to study species evolution, generic relationships, etc. Papers on any aspect of the subject are welcome.