Endemism and extinction of a new genus of Chionine (Veneridae: Chioninae) bivalve from the Late Neogene of Venezuela

Journal of Paleontology

Volumn 71, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 1039-1046

  Roopnarine, Peter D ^a  

^a SOUTHEAST MISSOURI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIVALVE; CHIONINAE; ENDEMISM; EXTINCTION; NEOGENE; VENERIDAE;

VENEZUELA;

BIVALVIA; CHIONINE; INVERTEBRATA; LIRONMISSUS; LIROPHORA; VENERIDAE;

EID: 0031415371     PISSN: 00223360     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022336000036015     Document Type: Article

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