Dynamic clams: Changes in the bivalve fauna of Pacific islands as a result of sea-level fluctuations

American Malacological Bulletin

Volumn 12, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 45-57

  Paulay, Gustav ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUAM   (Guam)

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