On predator deterrence by pronounced shell ornament in epifaunal bivalves

Palaeontology

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 1051-1068

  Stone, Hywel M I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adaptive radiation; Artipredator defense; Bivalvia; Chamidae; Mollusc; Muricidae; Paleoecology; Spondylidae

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE RADIATION; ANTIPREDATOR DEFENSE; EPIFAUNA; MESOZOIC; PALEOECOLOGY; PALEOZOIC;

BIVALVIA; CHAMIDAE; MOLLUSCA; MURICIDAE; SPONDYLIDAE;

EID: 0032447170     PISSN: 00310239     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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