Habitat constraints on shell-colour variation of a desert landsnail, Trochoidea simulata

Journal of Molluscan Studies

Volumn 63, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 197-205

  Slotow, Robert ^a,c   Ward, David ^b,d  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

^d BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GASTROPODA; TROCHOIDEA SIMULATA;

COLOUR POLYMORPHISM; SHELL COLOUR; SNAIL;

ISRAEL;

EID: 0030609623     PISSN: 02601230     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/mollus/63.2.197     Document Type: Article

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