Habitat, occurrence and density of some pulmonate slugs of north-east Libya (Mollusca, Milacidae and Limacidae)

Journal of African Zoology

Volumn 110, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 251-256

  Nair, G Achuthan ^a,b   El Toumi, Fatma F ^a   Eltayeb, Kamal M A ^a   Bosnaina, Abdul Mohsin ^a   Bhuyan, Keshab Chandra ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BENGHAZI   (Libyan Arab Jamahiriya)

^b Easwari Vilas   (India)

Author keywords

Density; Lybia; Malacolimax; Milax; Soil; Tandonia; Vegetation

Indexed keywords

GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; HABITAT PREFERENCE; SLUG; SUBSTRATE PREFERENCE;

LIBYA;

GASTROPODA; MALACOLIMAX TENELLUS; MILAX GAGATES; TANDONIA RUSTICA; TANDONIA SOWERBII;

EID: 0030437398     PISSN: 07767943     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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