The shell mineralogy of subterranean snails Zospeum alpestre (Freyer 1855) and Zospeum isselianum (Pollonera 1886) (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Carychiidae)

Periodicum Biologorum

Volumn 101, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 143-149

  Medaković, Davorin ^a   Slapnik, Rajko ^b   Gržeta, Biserka ^a   Popović, Stanko ^c  

^a RUDER BO KOVI INSTITUTE   (Croatia)

^b Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts   (Slovenia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ZAGREB   (Croatia)

Author keywords

Aragonite; Ca2Si phase; Calcite; Carychiidae; Gastropods; Mineral components; Quartz; Subterranean snails; X ray diffraction; Zospeum sp.

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM CARBONATE; SILICON DIOXIDE;

ARTICLE; ECOLOGY; MINERALIZATION; NONHUMAN; SNAIL; TAXONOMY; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

ZOSPEUM ALPESTRE; ZOSPEUM ISSELIANUM;

EID: 0032861296     PISSN: 00315362     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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