Brachiopods have been extensively used in paleoclimatic and paleoecological reconstructions, but their utility would greatly increase if paleoseasonality information could be obtained from their shells. Determining seasonal seawater temperature variations

The complete nucleotide sequence of the 14,017-bp mitochondrial (mt) genome of the articulate brachiopod Laqueus rubellus is presented. Being one of the smallest of known mt genomes, it has an extremely compact gene organization. While the same 13

This study presents carbon (δ13C) and oxygen (δ18O) isotopic compositions of shells of an articulated brachiopod (Laqueus rubellus) living in a warm-temperate shelf environment in Japan. High-resolution, three-dimensional samplings were conducted (1)