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Data from: Landmark based thin plate spline relative warp analysis of gastropod shells

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Stone, J. R. (2008). Data from: Landmark based thin plate spline relative warp analysis of gastropod shells [Dataset]. Dryad. https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.102

Abstract

In the analysis of organismal form, landmark-based geometrical morphometrics now are preferred to traditional morphometrics by many systematists. However, certain forms have eluded geometrical morphometric analysis because landmarks on them are difficult to define; this situation is a problem of logistics rather than an inadequacy of the landmark-based approach. In this article, a landmark-based geometrical morphometric analysis is performed on one such form (the gastropod shell), and the results obtained are compared to those obtained using more traditional methods of morphometric analysis.

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