Minerals of the radular apparatus of Falcidens sp. (Caudofoveata) and the evolutionary implications for the phylum mollusca

Biological Bulletin

Volumn 194, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 224-230

  Cruz, Renato ^a,b   Lins, Ulysses ^a   Farina, Marcos ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSIDADE SANTA ÚRSULA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACMAEIDAE; ANIMALIA; CAUDOFOVEATA; DOCOGLOSSA; FALCIDENS; GASTROPODA; MOLLUSCA; MONOPLACOPHORA; PATELLIDAE; POLYPLACOPHORA;

EID: 0031781731     PISSN: 00063185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1543051     Document Type: Article

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