Boucardicus victorhernandezi, a new, endangered species of cyclophorid land snail from Madagascar

American Malacological Bulletin

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 87-90

  Emberton, Kenneth C ^a  

^a Molluscan Biodiversity Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

Cyclophoridae; Gastropoda; Tropical rainforest

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032337691     PISSN: 07402783     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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