High diversity and regional endemism in land snails of eastern Tanzania

Biodiversity and Conservation

Volumn 6, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 1123-1136

  Emberton, Kenneth C ^a   Pearce, Timothy A ^b   Kasigwa, Peter F ^c   Tattersfield, Peter ^d   Habibu, Zambia ^e  

^a Molluscan Biodiversity Institute   (United States)

^b STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF DAR ES SALAAM   (Tanzania)

^d DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^e HKayumbo Mbezi Luisi   (Tanzania)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; East Africa; Gastropoda; Land snails; Slugs; Tropical rainforests

Indexed keywords

ACHATINA FULICA; FULICA; GASTROPODA; STREPTAXIDAE; STYLOMMATOPHORA;

EID: 0030807124     PISSN: 09603115     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1018384101789     Document Type: Article

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