The zoogeography, diversity and origin of the deep-sea protobranch bivalves of the Atlantic: The epilogue

Progress in Oceanography

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 95-153

  Allen, J A ^a   Sanders, H L ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ABYSSAL ORGANISMS; BIOGEOGRAPHY; DEEP SEA; EVOLUTION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; ZOOGEOGRAPHY;

ATLANTIC;

BIVALVIA; PROTOBRANCHIA;

EID: 0030303169     PISSN: 00796611     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0079-6611(96)00011-0     Document Type: Review

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