Embryonic stages and feeding substances of the South American volutid Valuta musica (Caenogastropoda) during intracapsular development

American Malacological Bulletin

Volumn 16, Issue 1-2, 2001, Pages 21-31

  Penchaszadeh, Pablo E ^a,b   Miloslavich, Patricia ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD SIMÓN BOLÍVAR   (Venezuela)

^b MUSEO ARGENTINO DE CIENCIAS NATURALES BERNARDINO RIVADAVIA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Embryonic development; Hatching size; Intracapsular liquid; Protein; Sugar; Volutidae

Indexed keywords

EID: 0012420537     PISSN: 07402783     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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