The columellar muscle of prosobranch gastropods: Morphological zonation and its functional implications

Invertebrate Biology

Volumn 117, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 45-56

  Thompson, Joseph T ^a   Lowe, Angela D ^a   Kier, William M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Hydrostatic skeleton; Mollusca; Muscular antagonism; Muscular hydrostat

Indexed keywords

CALLIOSTOMA EUGLYPTUM; COLUMELLA; GASTROPODA; ILYANASSA OBSOLETA; LITTORINA LITTOREA; MOLLUSCA;

EID: 0032221646     PISSN: 10778306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3226851     Document Type: Article

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