Carbohydrates of the organic shell matrix and the shell-forming tissue of the snail Biomphalaria glabrata (Say)

Biological Bulletin

Volumn 194, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 231-240

  Marxen, Julia C ^a   Hammer, Maren ^a   Gehrke, Tilman ^a   Becker, Wilhelm ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BASOMMATOPHORA; BIOMPHALARIA GLABRATA; GASTROPODA; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 0031781292     PISSN: 00063185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1543052     Document Type: Article

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