Vita

This list includes papers and other published materials that resulted (1) from my work on mollusks and (2) from collection-based work on other taxa. For more complete lists of my publications, see my ORCID account (https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5061-1497) or the Web-of-Science and Scopus databases.

 

32. Ulate Gómez TN, Welch AE, Peters WS (2024): Problems of classifying predator-induced prey immobility: an unexpected case of post-contact freezing. Web Ecology 24:35–40. https://doi.org/10.5194/we-24-35-2024

31. Ulate Gómez TN, Welch AE, Peters WS (2024): Supplementary videos and data for “Problems of classifying predator-induced prey immobility: an unexpected case of post-contact freezing”. Zenodo 10050551. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10050551

30. Dattilo BF, Peters WS (2024): ‘Jumping’ attack strikes by the predatory marine snail Agaronia propatula (Olividae, Caenogastropoda). Folia Malacologica 32:81–85. https://doi.org/10.12657/folmal.032.002

29. Peters WS (2023): Pachyoliva columellaris G.B. Sowerby I, 1825 (Olividae, Caenogastropoda) in Peru: tidal migrations and population density. Revista Peruana de Biologia 30:e24995. https://doi.org/10.15381/rpb.v30i3.24995

28. Peters WS (2023): “Freezing” in Pachyoliva semistriata (Caenogastropoda: Olividae) is induced olfactorily by its main predator and differs from unspecific avoidance behaviour. Archiv für Molluskenkunde 152:25–33. https://doi.org/10.1127/arch.moll/152/025-033

27. Peters WS (2023): Supplementary Data and Videos for ‘“Freezing” in Pachyoliva semistriata (Caenogastropoda: Olividae) is induced olfactorily by its main predator and differs from unspecific avoidance behaviour’. Zenodo 7950731. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7950731

26. Pastorino G, Peters WS (2023): Radula morphology confirms the distinct status of the suspension-feeding Pachyoliva Olsson, 1956, among Olivellinae (Olividae, Caenogastropoda). Nautilus 137:1–6.

25. Peters WS (2022): Olivas nas Costas do Pacífico da América Central / Olive Shells on Pacific Coasts of Central America. Zenodo 7311382. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7311382

24. Peters WS (2022): Underwater-sailing locomotion in intertidal gastropods: a comparison of Neotropical species. Archiv für Molluskenkunde 151:93–105. https://doi.org/10.1127/arch.moll/151/093-105

23. Peters WS (2022): Supplementary Videos for ‘Underwater-sailing locomotion in intertidal gastropods: a comparison of Neotropical species’. Zenodo 6998110. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6998110

22. Peters WS (2022): Surface crawling and pedal surface collecting in aquatic gastropods: A case of scientific amnesia. Folia Malacologica 30:211–220. https://doi.org/10.12657/folmal.030.023

21. Peters WS (2022): Four videos showing surface-crawling locomotion and pedal surface collection in Lymnaea stagnalis (Lymnaeidae, Gastropoda). Zenodo 6804938. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6804938

20. Peters WS (2022): Definition and descriptions of the two Pachyoliva species in older texts and recent identification keys. Zenodo 7023452. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7023452

19. Peters WS, Pastorino G, Fiege D (2022): Predatory suspension feeders: an unusual feeding mode switch in Olivella columellaris (Caenogastropoda: Olividae) and its possible ecological effects. Journal of Molluscan Studies 88:eyac017. https://doi.org/10.1093/mollus/eyac017

18. Kelly M, Schroeder L, Mullendore DL, Dattilo BF, Peters WS (2021): Feeding behaviour and the operculum in Olividae (Gastropoda): The case of Callianax biplicata. Folia Malacologica 29:1–12. https://doi.org/10.12657/folmal.029.001

17. Veelenturf CA, Peters WS (2020): Size‑dependent locomotory performance creates a behaviorally mediated prey size refuge in the marine snail Olivella semistriata: a study in the natural habitat. Current Zoology 65:57–62. https://doi.org/10.1093/cz/zoz022

16. Reichert J, Mayr G, Wilke T, Peters WS (2019): 3D modeling reveals functionality of a healed but malaligned leg fracture in a White‑faced Storm‑Petrel Pelagodroma marina. Marine Ornithology 47:253–256. http://www.marineornithology.org/content/get.cgi?rn=1326

15. Robinson NJ, Peters WS (2018): Complexity of the prey spectrum of Agaronia propatula (Caenogastropoda: Olividae), a dominant predator in sandy beach ecosystems of Pacific Central America. PeerJ 6:e4714. https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4714

14. Reichert J, Wilke T, Mayr G, Peters WS (2017): Waders (Scolopacidae) surviving despite malaligned leg fractures in the wild: kinematics of bipedal locomotion. Avian Research 8:23. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40657-017-0082-5

13. Morse AP, Peters WS (2016): Opportunistic suspension feeding in the intertidal gastropod Olivella columellaris and its implications for the regulation of tidal migrations. Ciencias Marinas 42:289–294. https://doi.org/10.7773/cm.v42i4.2640

12. Dattilo BF, Freeman RL, Peters WS, Heimbrock WP, Deline B, Martin AJ, Kallmeyer JW, Reeder J, Argast A (2016): Giants among micromorphs: were Cincinnatian (Ordovician, Katian) small shelly phosphatic faunas dwarfed? Palaios 31:55–70. https://doi.org/10.2110/palo.2015.040

11. Cyrus AZ, Swiggs J, Santidrian Tomillo P, Paladino FV, Peters WS (2015): Cannibalism causes size-dependent intraspecific predation pressure but does not trigger autotomy in the intertidal gastropod Agaronia propatula. Journal of Molluscan Studies 81:388–396. https://doi.org/10.1093/mollus/eyv007

10. Cyrus AZ, Peters WS (2014): The cannibalistic snail Agaronia propatula (Caenogastropoda, Mollusca) is reluctant to feed on autotomized ‘tails’ of conspecifics. Marine and Freshwater Behaviour and Physiology 47:255–290. https://doi.org/10.1080/10236244.2014.935561

9. Troost A, Rupert SD, Cyrus AZ, Paladino FV, Dattilo BF, Peters WS (2012): What can we learn from confusing Olivella columellaris and O. semistriata (Olivellidae, Caenogastropoda), two key species in tropical East Pacific sandy beach ecosystems? Biota Neotropica 12:101–113. https://doi.org/10.1590/S1676-06032012000200011

8. Cyrus AZ, Rupert SD, Silva AS, Graf M, Rappaport JC, Paladino FV, Peters WS (2012): The behavioural and sensory ecology of Agaronia propatula (Olividae, Caenogastropoda), a swash‑surfing predator on sandy beaches of the panamic faunal province. Journal of Molluscan Studies 78:235–245. https://doi.org/10.1093/mollus/eys006

7. Rupert SD, Peters WS (2011): Autotomy of the posterior foot in Agaronia (Olividae, Caenogastropoda) occurs in animals that are fully withdrawn into their shells. Journal of Molluscan Studies 77:437–440. https://doi.org/10.1093/mollus/eyr019

6. Peters WS, Peters DS (2010): Sexual size dimorphism (SSD) is the most consistent explanation for the body size spectrum of Confuciusornis sanctus. Biology Letters 6:531–532. https://doi.org/10.1098/rsbl.2010.0173

5. Peters WS, Peters DS (2009): Life history, sexual dimorphism and ‘ornamental’ feathers in the mesozoic bird Confuciusornis sanctus. Biology Letters 5:817–820. https://doi.org/10.1098/rsbl.2009.0574

4. Peters WS, Herkner B (2000): An outline of a theory of the constructional constraints in early organismic evolution. — In: DS Peters, M Weingarten (eds), Organisms, Genes and Evolution (Schriften der Wissenschaftlichen Gesellschaft an der Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität Frankfurt am Main, 14). Franz Steiner Verlag, Stuttgart, p. 169–178.

3. Peters WS (1997): Is anything independent of selection? (comment on AI Houston: “Are the spandrels of San Marco really panglossian pendentives?”). Trends in Ecology and Evolution 12:276. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0169-5347(97)81021-X

2. Peters DS, Peters WS (1997): Anpassung ‑ Kernpunkt oder Mißverständnis der Evolutionstheorie? — In: V König, H Hohmann, EB Krause (eds), Bausteine der Evolution (Veröffentlichungen aus dem Überseemuseum Bremen, Naturwissenschaften, Band 13). Edition Archaea, Gelsenkirchen, p. 73−82.

1. Peters WS, Felle H (1992): Die Konsequenzen eines Lebens im Druckbehälter − Biotheoretische Implikationen der Organisation pflanzlicher Organismen. Natur und Museum 122:210−222.