Shell microstructure of gastropods from Lake Tanganyika, Africa: Adaptation, convergent evolution, and escalation

Evolution

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 672-681

  West, Kelly ^a   Cohen, Andrew ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b The University of Arizona   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Escalation; Lake Tanganyika; Predation resistance; Shell microstructure; Shell strength; Thiarid gastropods

Indexed keywords

GASTROPODA; THIARIDAE;

EID: 0001706804     PISSN: 00143820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1558-5646.1996.tb03877.x     Document Type: Article

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