Nodilittorina nodosa (Gray, 1839) is a plastic morphotype of Nodilittorina australis (Gray, 1826)

Journal of Molluscan Studies

Volumn 65, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 111-119

  Johnson, Michael S ^a   Black, Robert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLELE; ALLOENZYME; AUSTRALIA; ENVIRONMENT; GENE FLOW; GENE FREQUENCY; GROWTH; HYBRID; MORPHOLOGY; MORPHOTYPE; PHENOTYPE; PLASTICITY;

LITTORINIDAE; NODILITTORINA; NODILITTORINA AUSTRALIS; NODILITTORINA NODOSA;

EID: 0032982622     PISSN: 02601230     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/mollus/65.1.111     Document Type: Article

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