Morphological variation in the shells of placostylus species (Gastropoda: Bulimulidae) in New Zealand and implications for their conservation

New Zealand Journal of Zoology

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 73-82

  Sherley, Greg ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Conservation; Genetics; Land snails; Morphology; Placostylus; Variation

Indexed keywords

EID: 0002207204     PISSN: 03014223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03014223.1996.9518067     Document Type: Article

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