Dr. Luiz Ricardo Lopes de Simone

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Education
  • Ph.D., Biological Sciences, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brazil, 2000
  • M.S., Biological Sciences, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brazil, 1995
  • B.S., Biology, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brazil, 1993

Dr. Simone is a Brazilian malacologist. He is currently a professor at the University of São Paulo. His expertise are on systematics of mollusks.

Relevant to the biota of the Gulf of Mexico, Dr. Simone has published the following:

Simone, L. R. L. 2002. Comparative morphological study and phylogeny of representatives of the superfamily Calyptraeoidea (including Hipponicoidea) (Mollusca, Caenogastropoda). Biota Neotropica 2(2): 1–137.

Simone, L. R. L. 2003. Revision of the genus Benthobia (Caenogastropoda, Pseudolividae). Journal of Molluscan Studies 69(3): 245–262.

Simone, L. R. L. 2004. Morphology and Phylogeny of the Cypraeoidea (Mollusca, Caenogastropoda). Papel Virtual, Rio de Janeiro. 185 pp.

Simone, L. R. L. 2005. Comparative morphological study of representatives of the three families of Stromboidea and the Xenophoroidea (Mollusca, Caenogastropoda), with an assessment of their phylogeny. Arquivos de Zoologia 37(2): [i–iv], 141–267.

Simone, L. R. L. 2006. Morphological and phylogenetic study of the Western Atlantic Crepidula plana complex (Caenogastropoda, Calyptraeidae), with description of three new species from Brazil. Zootaxa 1112: 3–64.

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