Pleistocene bathyal molluscan assemblages from Southern Italy

Rivista Italiana di Paleontologia e Stratigrafia

Volumn 103, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 389-426

  Di Geronimo, Italo ^a   La Perna, Rafael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Bathyal benthos; Mediterranean; Molluscs; Paleoecology; Pleistocene; Southern Italy; Systematics

Indexed keywords

BENTHOMANGELIA; CADULUS; CHRYSALLIDA; CUSPIDATA; ENNUCULA; FISSURISEPTA; IPHITUS; LEDELLA; MOLLUSCA; NUCULOIDEA; SATURNIA; SOLARIELLA; YOLDIELLA;

MOLLUSC; PALAEOECOLOGY; PLEISTOCENE; SYSTEMATICS;

ITALY;

EID: 0031399039     PISSN: 00356883     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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