In Nature this week, an international team led by investigators at Brown University reports its analysis of multiple phylogenomic data sets for mollusks — "containing up to 216,402 sites and 1,185 gene regions using multiple models and methods." The team unearthed evidence to "support the clade Aculifera, containing the three molluscan groups with spicules but without true shells, and … the monophyly of Conchifera." Overall, the team says its study will support further investigat