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Ellen Strong
Chair of Invertebrate Zoology, Research Zoologist and Curator of MollusksDepartment / Division
Education
- B.A., University of California, Berkeley
- Ph.D., George Washington University
- Ph.D., George Washington University
Collections Areas
- Bryozoa
- Fluid preserved specimens
- Dry specimens - Antarctic
- Mollusca
- Gastropoda (freshwater, terrestrial)
- Caenogastropoda (basal marine)
- Gastropoda (freshwater, terrestrial)
Research Interests
Phylogeny and systematics of the Caenogastropoda based on morphological and molecular data; evolution of feeding biology in the Mollusca (Caenogastropoda; Bivalvia).
Publications
- Irwin, Alison R., Strong, Ellen E., Kano, Yasunori, Harper, Elizabeth M., and Williams, Suzanne T. 2021. "Eight new mitogenomes clarify the phylogenetic relationships of Stromboidea within the caenogastropod phylogenetic framework." Molecular phylogenetics and evolution, 158, San Diego; California: Academic Press Incorporated Elsevier S. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2021.107081.
- Pappalardo, Paula, Collins, Allen G., Pagenkopp Lohan, Katrina,M., Hanson, Kate M., Truskey, Sarit B., Jaeckle, William, Ames, Cheryl Lewis, Goodheart, Jessica A., Bush, Stephanie L., Biancani, Leann M., Strong, Ellen E., Vecchione, Michael, Harasewych, M. G., Reed, Karen, Lin, Chan, Hartil, Elise C., Whelpley, Jessica, Blumberg, Jamie, Matterson, Kenan, Redmond, Niamh E., Becker, Allison, Boyle, Michael J., and Osborn, Karen J. 2021. "The role of taxonomic expertise in interpretation of metabarcoding studies." ICES Journal of Marine Science, https://doi.org/10.1093/icesjms/fsab082.
- Strong, Ellen E., Sirenko, Boris, I., and McLean, James H. 2021. "The only species of Mohnia Friele, 1879 (Caenogastropoda, Buccinoidea, Buccinidae) in the North Pacific represents an unrecognized new genus of Newtoniellidae (Triphoroidea)." Zookeys, 69–87. (1055), Sofia; Bulgaria: Pensoft Publishers. https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1055.68911.
- Fauvelot, Cecile, Zuccon, Dario, Borsa, Philippe, Grulois, Daphne, Magalon, Helene, Riquet, Florentine, Andrefouet, Serge, Berumen, Michael L., Sinclair-Taylor, Tane H., Gelin, Pauline, Behivoke, Faustinato, ter Poorten, Jan Johan, Strong, Ellen E., and Bouchet, Philippe. 2020. "Phylogeographical patterns and a cryptic species provide new insights into Western Indian Ocean giant clams phylogenetic relationships and colonization history." Journal of Biogeography, 1086–1105. 47, (5), Hoboken, New Jersey: Wiley. https://doi.org/10.1111/jbi.13797.
- Goulding, Tricia C., Strong, Ellen E., Hayes, Kenneth A., Slapcinsky, John, Kim, Jaynee R., and Yeung, Norine W. 2020. "Type specimens of Hawaiian land snails in the Paleontological Research Institution in Ithaca, New York." American Malacological Bulletin, 1–38. 38, (1), WILMINGTON; DELAWARE MUSEUM NATURAL HISTORY, BOX 3937, WILMINGTON, DE 19807-0937 USA: AMER MALACOLOGICAL SOC, INC. https://doi.org/10.4003/006.038.0101.
- Miranda, Marcel S., Strong, Ellen E., and Passos, Flavio D. 2020. "Type specimens of Caudofoveata (Mollusca, Aplacophora) in the molluscan collections of the National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, and of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University." Zootaxa, 581–593. 4895, (4), Auckland; New Zealand: Magnolia Press. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4895.4.8.
- Stelbrink, Björn, Richter, Romy, Köhler, Frank, Riedel, Frank, Strong, Ellen E., Van Bocxlaer, Bert, Albrecht, Christian, Hauffe, Torsten, Page, Timothy J., Aldridge, David C., Bogan, Arthur E., Du, Li-Na, Manuel-Santos, Marivene, Marwoto, Ristiyanti M., Shirokaya, Alena A., and von Rintelen, Thomas. 2020. "Global Diversification Dynamics Since the Jurassic: Low Dispersal and Habitat-Dependent Evolution Explain Hotspots of Diversity and Shell Disparity in River Snails (Viviparidae)." Systematic Biology, 944–961. 69, (5), Oxford, England: Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/sysbio/syaa011.
- Strong, Ellen E. and Bouchet, Philippe. 2020. "Hidden in plain sight: two co-occurring cryptic species of Supplanaxis in the Caribbean (Cerithioidea, Planaxidae)." Zookeys, 85–109. (991), Sofia, Bulgaria: Pensoft Publishers. https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.991.57521.
- Whelan, Nathan V. and Strong, Ellen E. 2020. "Genetic diversity and historical demography in Bellamya gastropods from the Lake Victoria ecoregion reveal early and severe population collapse." Molecular ecology, Hoboken, New Jersey: Wiley. https://doi.org/10.1111/mec.15711.
- Yeung, Norine W., Slapcinsky, John, Strong, Ellen E., Kim, Jaynee R., and Hayes, Kenneth A. 2020. "Overlooked but not forgotten: the first new extant species of Hawaiian land snail described in 60 years, Auriculella gagneorum sp. nov. (Achatinellidae, Auriculellinae)." ZooKeys, 1–31. 950, Sofia, Bulgaria: Pensoft Publishers. https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.950.50669.
- Smedley, G. Dalton, Audino, Jorge A., Grula, Courtney, Porath-Krause, Anita, Pairett, Autum N., Alejandrino, Alvin, Lacey, Latayshia, Masters, Felicity, Duncan, Peter F., Strong, Ellen E., and Serb, Jeanne M. 2019. "Molecular phylogeny of the Pectinoidea (Bivalvia) indicates Propeamussiidae to be a non-monophyletic family with one clade sister to the scallops (Pectinidae)." Molecular phylogenetics and evolution, 293–299. 137, (18), Elsevier. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2019.05.006.
- Strong, Ellen E. and Lydeard, Charles. 2019. "Pleuroceridae P. Fischer, 1885." In Freshwater mollusks of the world : a distribution atlas. Lydeard, Charles and Cummings, Kevin, editors. 74–80. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press.
- Strong, Ellen E., Puillandre, Nicolas, Beu, Alan G., Castelin, Magalie, and Bouchet, Philippe. 2019. "Frogs and tuns and tritons – A molecular phylogeny and revised family classification of the predatory gastropod superfamily Tonnoidea (Caenogastropoda)." Molecular phylogenetics and evolution, 18–34. 130, Elsevier. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2018.09.016.
- Strong, Ellen E. and Whelan, Nathan V. 2019. "Assessing the diversity of Western North American Juga (Semisulcospiridae, Gastropoda)." Molecular phylogenetics and evolution, 87–103. 136, Elsevier. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2019.04.009.
- Van Bocxlaer, Bert and Strong, Ellen E. 2019. "Viviparidae Gray, 1847." In Freshwater Mollusks of the World: A Distribution Atlas. Lydeard, Charles and Cummings, Kevin, editors. 43–50. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press.
- Goodheart, Jessica A., Bleidißel, Sabrina, Schillo, Dorothee, Strong, Ellen E., Ayres, Daniel L., Preisfeld, Angelika, Collins, Allen G., Cummings, Michael P., and Wägele, Heike. 2018. "Comparative morphology and evolution of the cnidosac in Cladobranchia (Gastropoda: Heterobranchia: Nudibranchia)." Frontiers in Zoology, 43. 15, (1), Springer Nature. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12983-018-0289-2.
- Strong, Ellen E. and Bouchet, Philippe. 2018. "A rare and unusual new bittiine genus with two new species from the South Pacific (Cerithiidae, Gastropoda)." Zookeys, 1–18. (758), Sofia, Bulgaria: Pensoft Publishers. https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.758.25100.
- Bouchet, Philippe, Rocroi, Jean-Pierre, Hausdorf, Bernhard, Kaim, Andrzej, Kano, Yasunori, Nützel, Alexander, Parkhaev, Pavel, Schrödl, Michael, and Strong, Ellen E. 2017. "Revised Classification, Nomenclator and Typification of Gastropod and Monoplacophoran Families." Malacologia, 1–526. 61, (1-2), https://doi.org/10.4002/040.061.0201.
- Combosch, David J., Collins, Timothy M., Glover, Emily A., Graf, Daniel L., Harper, Elizabeth M., Healy, John M., Kawauchi, Gisele Y., Lemer, Sarah, McIntyre, Erin, Strong, Ellen E., Taylor, John D., Zardus, John D., Mikkelsen, Paula M., Giribet, Gonzalo, and Bieler, Rü. 2017. "A family-level Tree of Life for bivalves based on a Sanger-sequencing approach." Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 191–208. 107, Orlando, Florida;Amsterdam: Academic Press; Elsevier. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2016.11.003.
- Cowie, Robert H., Hayes, Kenneth A., Strong, Ellen E., and Thiengo, Silvana C. 2017. "Non-native Apple Snails: Systematics, distribution, Invasion History and Reasons for Introduction." In Biology and management of invasive apple snails. Joshi, Ravindra C., Cowie, Robert H., and Sebastian, Leocadio S., editors. 3–32. Maligaya, Nueva Ecija: Philippine Rice Research Institute (PhilRice).
- Strong, Ellen E., Galindo, Lee Ann, and Kantor, Yuri I. 2017. "Quid est Clea helena? Evidence for a previously unrecognized radiation of assassin snails (Gastropoda: Buccinoidea: Nassariidae)." PeerJ, e3638. 5, https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3638.
- Van Bocxlaer, Bert, Strong, Ellen E., Richter, Romy, Stelbrink, Björn, and von Rintelen, Thomas. 2017. "Anatomical and genetic data reveal that Rivularia Heude, 1890 belongs to Viviparinae (Gastropoda: Viviparidae)." Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 1–23. 182, (1), https://doi.org/10.1093/zoolinnean/zlx014.
- Whelan, Nathan V., Johnson, Paul D., Garner, Jeffrey T., and Strong, Ellen E. 2017. "On the identity of Leptoxis taeniata - a misapplied name for the threatened Painted Rocksnail (Cerithioidea, Pleuroceridae)." Zookeys, 21–36. (697), Sofia, Bulgaria: Pensoft Publishers. https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.697.14060.
- Yeung, Norine W., Cowie, Robert H., Hayes, Kenneth A., and Strong, Ellen E. 2017. Type Specimens of Hawaiian Land Snails in the Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History, with Lectotype Designations. Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institution Scholarly Press. https://doi.org/10.5479/si.1943-6696.647.
- Cowie, Robert H., Strong, Ellen E., Rosenberg, Gary, and Hayes, Kenneth A. 2016. "Types of Ampullariidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) in the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia." Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 175–194. 165, (1), Philadelphia: The Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. https://doi.org/10.1635/053.165.0110.
- Li, Jingchun, Foighil, Diarmaid Ó., and Strong, Ellen E. 2016. "Commensal associations and benthic habitats shape macroevolution of the bivalve clade Galeommatoidea." Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 283, (1834), https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2016.1006.
- Neusser, Timea P., Jörger, Katharina M., Lodde-Bensch, Eva, Strong, Ellen E., and Schrödl, Michael. 2016. "The unique deep sea-land connection: interactive 3D visualization and molecular phylogeny of Bathyhedyle boucheti n. sp. (Bathyhedylidae n. fam.)-the first panpulmonate slug from bathyal zones." PeerJ, e2738. 4, PeerJ. https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2738.
- Strong, Ellen E. and Van Bocxlaer, B. 2016. "Anatomy, functional morphology, evolutionary ecology and systematics of the invasive gastropod Cipangopaludina japonica (Viviparidae: Bellamyinae)." Contributions to Zoology, 235–263. 85, https://doi.org/10.1163/18759866-08502005.
- Vogler, Roberto E., Beltramino, Ariel A., Strong, Ellen E., Rumi, Alejandra, and Peso, Juana G. 2016. "Insights into the Evolutionary History of an Extinct South American Freshwater Snail Based on Historical DNA." PLOS ONE, 1–16. 11, (12), San Francisco: Public Library of Science. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0169191.
- Whelan, Nathan V. and Strong, Ellen E. 2016. "Morphology, molecules and taxonomy: extreme incongruence in pleurocerids (Gastropoda, Cerithioidea, Pleuroceridae)." Zoologica Scripta, 62–87. 45, (1), Hoboken: Wiley-Blackwell. https://doi.org/10.1111/zsc.12139.
- Cowie, Robert H., Hayes, Kenneth A., and Strong, Ellen E. 2015. Types of Ampullariidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) in the National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, with Lectotype Designations. https://doi.org/10.5479/si.1943-6696.645.
- Hayes, Kenneth A., Burks, Romi L., Castro-Vazquez, Alfredo, Darby, Philip C., Heras, Horacio, Martín, Pablo R., Qiu, Jian-Wen, Thiengo, Silvana C., Vega, Israel A., Wada, Takashi, Yusa, Yoichi, Burela, Silvana, Cadierno, M. P., Cueto, Juan A., Dellagnola, Federico A., Dreon, Marcos S., Frassa, M. V., Giraud-Billoud, Maximiliano, Godoy, Martín S., Ituarte, Santiago, Koch, Eduardo, Matsukura, Keiichiro, Pasquevich, M. Y., Rodriguez, Cristian, Saveanu, Lucía et al. 2015. "Insights from an Integrated View of the Biology of Apple Snails (Caenogastropoda: Ampullariidae)." Malacologia, 245–302. 58, (1-2), Institute of Malacology. https://doi.org/10.4002/040.058.0209.
- Herrera, Nathanael D., ter Poorten, Jan Johan, Bieler, Rü, Mikkelsen, Paula M., Strong, Ellen E., Jablonski, David, and Steppan, Scott J. 2015. "Molecular phylogenetics and historical biogeography amid shifting continents in the cockles and giant clams (Bivalvia: Cardiidae)." Molecular phylogenetics and evolution, 94–106. 93, Orlando, Florida;Amsterdam: Academic Press; Elsevier. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2015.07.013.
- Lohan, Katrina M. Pagenkopp, Hill-Spanik, Kristina, Torchin, Mark E., Strong, Ellen E., Fleischer, Robert C., and Ruiz, Gregory M. 2015. "Molecular phylogenetics reveals first record and invasion of Saccostrea species in the Caribbean." Marine Biology, 957–968. 162, (5), Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00227-015-2637-5.
- Strong, Ellen E. and Bouchet, P. 2015. "Case 3690: Alabina Dall, 1902 (Gastropoda, CERITHIOIDEA): proposed designation of the type species." The Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature, 196–200. 72, (3), https://doi.org/10.21805/bzn.v72i3.a14.
- Vogler, Roberto E., Beltramino, Ariel A., Strong, Ellen E., Peso, Juana G., and Rumi, Alejandra. 2015. "A phylogeographical perspective on the ex situ conservation of Aylacostoma (Thiaridae, Gastropoda) from the High Paraná River (Argentina-Paraguay)." Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 487–499. 174, (3), https://doi.org/10.1111/zoj.12250.
- Bieler, Ruediger, Mikkelsen, Paula M., Collins, Timothy M., Glover, Emily A., Gonzalez, Vanessa L., Graf, Daniel L., Harper, Elizabeth M., Healy, John, Kawauchi, Gisele Y., Sharma, Prashant P., Staubach, Sid, Strong, Ellen E., Taylor, John D., Temkin, Ilya, Zardus, John D., Clark, Stephanie, Guzman, Alejandra, McIntyre, Erin, Sharp, Paul, and Giribet, Gonzalo. 2014. "Investigating the Bivalve Tree of Life - an exemplar-based approach combining molecular and novel morphological characters." Invertebrate Systematics, 32–115. 28, (1), Collingwood; 150 Oxford St., PO Box 1139, Collingwood, Victoria 3066, Australia: CSIRO Publishing. https://doi.org/10.1071/IS13010.
- Galindo, L. A., Puillandre, N., Strong, Ellen E., and Bouchet, P. 2014. "Using microwaves to prepare gastropods for DNA barcoding." Molecular Ecology Resources, 700–705. 14, (4), https://doi.org/10.1111/1755-0998.12231.
- Whelan, Nathan V. and Strong, Ellen E. 2014. "Seasonal reproductive anatomy and sperm storage in pleurocerid gastropods (Cerithioidea: Pleuroceridae)." Canadian Journal of Zoology, 989–995. 92, (12), IngentaConnect. https://doi.org/10.1139/cjz-2014-0165.
- Johnson, Paul D., Bogan, Arthur E., Brown, Kenneth M., Burkhead, Noel M., Cordeiro, James R., Garner, Jeffrey T., Hartfield, Paul D., Lepitzki, Dwayne A. W., Mackie, Gerry L., Pip, Eva, Tarpley, Thomas A., Tiemann, Jeremy S., Whelan, Nathan V., and Strong, Ellen E. 2013. "Conservation Status of Freshwater Gastropods of Canada and the United States." Fisheries, 247–282. 38, (6), Philadelphia; 325 Chestnut St., Suite 800, Philadelphia, PA 19106 USA: Taylor & Francis Inc.. https://doi.org/10.1080/03632415.2013.785396.
- Schlöder, Carmen, Canning-Clode, João, Saltonstall, Kristin, Strong, Ellen E., Ruiz, Gregory M., and Torchin, Mark E. 2013. "The Pacific bivalve Anomia peruviana in the Atlantic: a recent invasion across the Panama Canal?" Aquatic Invasions, 443–448. 8, (4), Helsinki, Finland: Regional Euro-Asian Biological Invasions Centre-REABIC. https://doi.org/10.3391/ai.2013.8.4.08.
- Strong, Ellen E. and Bouchet, Philippe. 2013. "Cryptic yet colorful: anatomy and relationships of a new genus of Cerithiidae (Caenogastropoda, Cerithioidea) from coral reef drop-offs." Invertebrate Biology, 326–351. 132, (4), Hoboken: Wiley-Blackwell. https://doi.org/10.1111/ivb.12031.
- Tëmkin, Ilya and Strong, Ellen E. 2013. "New Insights on Stomach Anatomy of Carnivorous Bivalves." Journal of Molluscan Studies, 332–339. 79, (4), https://doi.org/10.1093/mollus/eyt031.
- Hayes, Kenneth A., Cowie, Robert H., Thiengo, Silvana C., and Strong, Ellen E. 2012. "Comparing apples with apples: clarifying the identities of two highly invasive Neotropical Ampullariidae (Caenogastropoda)." Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 723–753. 166, (4), Hoboken: Wiley-Blackwell. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1096-3642.2012.00867.x.
- Kantor, Yuri I., Strong, Ellen E., and Puillandre, Nicolas. 2012. "A new lineage of conoidea (gastropoda: neogastropoda) revealed by morphological and molecular data." Journal of Molluscan Studies, 246–255. 78, (3), https://doi.org/10.1093/mollus/eys007.
- Churchill, Celia K. C., Foighil, Diarmaid Ó., Strong, Ellen E., and Gittenberger, Adriaan. 2011. "Correspondence: Females floated first in bubble-rafting snails." Current Biology, R802–R803. 21, (19), https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2011.08.011.
- Churchill, Celia K. C., Strong, Ellen E., and Ó Foighil, Diarmaid. 2011. "Hitchhiking juveniles in the rare neustonic gastropod Recluzia cf. jehennei ( Janthinidae)." Journal of Molluscan Studies, 441–444. 77, (4), https://doi.org/10.1093/mollus/eyr020.
- Gomez, Maria I., Strong, Ellen E., and Glaubrecht, Matthias. 2011. "Redescription and Anatomy of the Viviparous Freshwater Gastropod Hemisinus lineolatus (W. Wood, 1828) from Jamaica (Cerithioidea, Thiaridae)." Malacologia, 229–250. 53, (2), https://doi.org/10.4002/040.053.0203.
- Strong, Ellen E. 2011. "More than a gut feeling: utility of midgut anatomy in phylogeny of the Cerithioidea (Mollusca: Caenogastropoda)." Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 585–630. 162, (3), https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1096-3642.2010.00687.x.
- Strong, Ellen E., Colgan, Donald J., Healy, John M., Lydeard, Charles, Ponder, Winston F., and Glaubrecht, Matthias. 2011. "Phylogeny of the gastropod superfamily Cerithioidea using morphology and molecules." Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 43–89. 162, (1), https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1096-3642.2010.00670.x.
- Bouchet, Philippe and Strong, Ellen E. 2010. "Historical name-bearing types in marine molluscs: an impediment to biodiversity studies?" In Systema Naturae 250 - The Linnaean Ark. Polaszek, Andrew, editor. 61–72. Boca Raton, FL: CRC Press.
- Johnson, S. B., Waren, A., Lee, R. W., Kano, Y., Kaim, A., Davis, A., Strong, Ellen E., and Vrijenhoek, R. C. 2010. "Rubyspira, New Genus and Two New Species of Bone-Eating Deep-Sea Snails With Ancient Habits." Biological Bulletin, 166–177. 219, (2), WOODS HOLE; 7 MBL ST, WOODS HOLE, MA 02543 USA: MARINE BIOLOGICAL LABORATORY.
- Lieb, Bernhard, Gebauer, Wolfgang, Christos, Gatsogiannism, Depoix, Frank, Hellmann, Nadja, Harasewych, M. G., Strong, Ellen E., and Markl, Jü. 2010. "Molluscan mega-hemocyanin: an ancient oxygen carrier tuned by a 500 kDa polypeptide." Frontiers in Zoology, 1–13. 7, (14),
- Reynolds, Kyle C., Watanabe, Hiromi, Strong, Ellen E., Sasaki, Takenori, Uematsu, Katsuyuki, Miyake, Hiroshi, Kojima, Shigeaki, Suzuki, Yohey, Fujikura, Katsunori, Kim, Stacy, and Young, Craig M. 2010. "New Molluscan Larval Form: Brooding and Development in a Hydrothermal Vent Gastropod, Ifremeria nautilei (Provannidae)." Biological Bulletin, 7–11. 219, (1),
- Strong, Ellen E. and Glaubrecht, Matthias. 2010. "Anatomy of the Tiphobiini from Lake Tanganyika (Cerithioidea, Paludomidae)." Malacologia, 115–153. 52, (1), https://doi.org/10.4002/040.052.0108.
- Puillandre, N., Strong, Ellen E., Bouchet, Philippe, Boisselier, M. -C, Couloux, A., and Samadi, S. 2009. "Identifying gastropod spawn from DNA barcodes: possible but not yet practicable." Molecular Ecology Resources, 1311–1321. 9, (5), https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1755-0998.2009.02576.x.
- Strong, Ellen E. and Koehler, Frank. 2009. "Morphological and molecular analysis of 'Melania' jacqueti Dautzenberg and Fischer, 1906: from anonymous orphan to critical basal offshoot of the Semisulcospiridae (Gastropoda: Cerithioidea)." Zoologica Scripta, 483–502. 38, (5), MALDEN; COMMERCE PLACE, 350 MAIN ST, MALDEN 02148, MA USA: WILEY-BLACKWELL PUBLISHING, INC. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1463-6409.2008.00385.x.
- Ponder, W. F., Colgan, Donald J., Healy, J., Nützel, A., Simone, L. R. L., and Strong, Ellen E. 2008. "Caenogastropod Phylogeny." In Molluscan Phylogeny. Ponder, W. F. and Lindberg, D. L., editors. 331–383. Berkeley: U. California Press.
- Strong, Ellen E., Gargominy, O., Ponder, W. F., and Bouchet, Philippe. 2008. "Global diversity of gastropods (Gastropoda; Mollusca) in freshwater." Hydrobiologia, 149–166. 595, DORDRECHT; VAN GODEWIJCKSTRAAT 30, 3311 GZ DORDRECHT, NETHERLANDS: SPRINGER.
- Strong, Ellen E. and Glaubrecht, Matthias. 2008. "Anatomy and systematics of the minute syrnolopsine gastropods from Lake Tanganyika (Caenogastropoda, Cerithioidea, Paludomidae)." Acta Zoologica, 289–310. 89, (4), OXFORD; 9600 GARSINGTON RD, OXFORD OX4 2DQ, OXON, ENGLAND: BLACKWELL PUBLISHING. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1463-6395.2007.00318.x.
- Glaubrecht, M. and Strong, Ellen E. 2007. "Ancestry to an endemic radiation in Lake Tanganyika? Evolution of the viviparous gastropod Potadomoides Leloup, 1953 in the Congo River system (Caenogastropoda, Cerithioidea, Paludomidae)." Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 367–401. 92, (2), https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1095-8312.2007.00867.x.
- Strong, Ellen E. and Frest, T. J. 2007. "On the anatomy and systematics of Juga from western North America (Gastropoda: Cerithioidea: Pleuroceridae)." Nautilus, 43–65. 121, (2), TROPHON CORPORATION.
- Boxshall, G. A. and Strong, Ellen E. 2006. "An extraordinary shift in life habit within a genus of cyclopid copepods in Lake Tanganyika." Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 275–286. 146, (2), https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1096-3642.2006.00206.x.
- Strong, Ellen E. and Glaubrecht, M. 2006. "The morphology and independent origin of ovoviviparity in Tiphobia and Lavigeria (Caenogastropoda : cerithioidea : paludomidae) from Lake Tanganyika." Organisms Diversity & Evolution, 81–105. 7, (2), https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ode.2006.02.003.
- Strong, Ellen E. 2005. "A morphological reanalysis of Pleurocera acuta Rafinesque, 1831 and Elimia livescens (Menke, 1830) (Gastropoda: Cerithioidea: Pleuroceridae)." Nautilus, 119–132. 119, (4),
- Glaubrecht, M. and Strong, Ellen E. 2004. "Spermatophores of thalassoid gastropods (Paludomidae) in Lake Tanganyika, East Africa, with a survey of their occurrence in Cerithioidea: functional and phylogenetic implications." Invertebrate Biology, 218–236. 123, (3),
- Lydeard, Charles, Cowie, Robert H., Bogan, A. E., Bouchet, Philippe, Cummings, K. S., Frest, T. J., Herbert, D. G., Hershler, Robert, Gargominy, O., Perez, K., Ponder, W. F., Roth, B., Seddon, M., Strong, Ellen E., and Thompson, F. G. 2004. "The Global Decline of Nonmarine Mollusks." Bioscience, 321–330. 54,
- Strong, Ellen E. and Lydeard, Charles. 2004. "Phylogeny and classification of North American freshwater gastropods." In Showing your Shells. A Primer to Freshwater Gastropod Identification. Perez, K. E., Clark, S. A., and Lydeard, Charles, editors. 6–12. Freshwater Mollusk Conservation Society.
- Rigby, J. K., Hanger, R. A., and Strong, Ellen E. 2003. "Lower Permian sponges from the Coyote Butte Formation, Grindstone Terrane, Crook County Oregon." Brigham Young University Geology Studies, 125–132. 47,
- Strong, Ellen E. 2003. "Refining molluscan characters: morphology, character coding and the phylogeny of the Caenogastropoda (Gastropoda)." Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 447–554. 137,
- Strong, Ellen E. and Glaubrecht, M. 2003. "Anatomy and systematic affinity of Stanleya neritinoides (Smith, 1880), an enigmatic member of the thalassoid gastropod fauna from Lake Tanganyika, East Africa (Cerithioidea, Paludomidae)." Acta Zoologica, 249–265. 84,
- Strong, Ellen E., Harasewych, M. G., and Haszprunar, G. 2003. "Phylogeny of the Cocculinoidea (Mollusca, Gastropoda)." Invertebrate Biology, 114–125. 122,
- Strong, Ellen E. and Glaubrecht, M. 2002. "Evidence for convergent evolution of brooding in a unique gastropod from Lake Tanganyika: anatomy and affinity of Tanganyicia rufofilosa (Smith, 1880) (Caenogastropoda, Cerithioidea, Paludomidae)." Zoologica Scripta, 167–184. 31,
- Hahn, G., Hahn, R., Hanger, R. A., and Strong, Ellen E. 2000. "Lower Permian trilobites from Oregon, USA." Geologica et Paleontologica, 125–135. 34,
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