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Evolutionary history of reef-dwelling and associated lagoonal mollusc assemblages of the uplifted Niau Atoll (Tuamotu, French Polynesia) since the Pliocene

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  • 1. École pratique des Hautes Études, Paris Sciences et Lettres PSL Research University Laboratoire UAR 3278, Centre national de la Recherche scientifique, Université de Perpignan, Avenue de Villeneuve F-66860 Perpignan (France) and Centre de Recherches insulaires et Observatoire de l'Environnement, CRIOBE, Moorea (Polynésie française)
  • 2. Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle, Origines & Évolution, Centre de Recherche en Paléontologie Paris (CR2P - MNHN, CNRS, Sorbonne Université), case postale 38, 57 rue Cuvier, F-75231 Paris cedex 05 (France)
  • 3. BP 112206 - 98709 Mahina, Tahiti (Polynésie française)
  • 4. Rue Girounet, F-24130 La force (France)
  • 5. Aix-Marseille Université, CNRS-UMR 7330, IRD, INRAE, Centre d'Enseignement et de Recherche de Géosciences de l'Environnement (CEREGE), F-13331 Marseille (France)
  • 6. Laboratoire des Sciences du Climat et de l'Environnement, Institut Pierre-Simon Laplace, Commissariat à l'Énergie atomique, Centre national de la Recherche scientifique, Université de Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yveline (LSCE-IPSL, CEA, CNRS, UVSQ), Université Paris-Saclay, F-91198 Gif-sur-Yvette (France)
  • 7. BP 2720 - 98713 Papeete, Tahiti (Polynésie française)

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Salvat, Bernard, Merle, Didier, Letourneux, Jean, Tröndlé, Jean, Montaggioni, Lucien François, Pons-Branchu, Edwige, Dumoulin, Jean-Pascal, Bacchet, Philippe (2026): Evolutionary history of reef-dwelling and associated lagoonal mollusc assemblages of the uplifted Niau Atoll (Tuamotu, French Polynesia) since the Pliocene. Geodiversitas 48 (6): 87-125, DOI: 10.5252/geodiversitas2026v48a6

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