Evolutionary biologist soon to be at Josef Uyeda's lab at the Virginia Tech. Post-doctoral researcher.

Why do mollusks build ornamented shells? What are the ecological factors driving or inhibiting ornamentation evolution? Why is Oreohelicidae taxonomy so much of a mess?

Stay tuned for answers to these important questions...

If you find an Oreohelix and are unsure what it is, please message me. I try to be fast with my responses and I will generally sequence tissue for any Oreohelicid sample I receive (within the last decade).

M.