Shell repair frequencies in whelks and moon snails from Delaware and southern New Jersey

Malacologia

Volumn 39, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 151-165

  Dietl, Gregory P ^a   Alexander, Richard R ^b  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b RIDER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Durophages; Moon snails; Shell repair; Shell wedging; Whelks

Indexed keywords

BUSYCON CARICA; BUSYCOTYPUS CANALICULATUS; CARICA PAPAYA; EUSPIRA HEROS; GASTROPODA; HEROS; MELONGENIDAE; NATICIDAE; NEVERITA DUPLICATA;

EID: 0032324817     PISSN: 00762997     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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