Variation and constraint in the shells of two sibling species of intertidal rough periwinkles (Gastropoda: Littorina spp.)

Journal of Zoology

Volumn 247, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 145-154

  Clarke, R K ^a   Grahame, J ^a   Mill, P J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Constraint; Littorina arcana; Littorina saxatilis; Morphometrics; Variation

Indexed keywords

INTERTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; MORPHOLOGY; SHELL; SNAIL;

GASTROPODA; LITTORINA ARCANA; LITTORINA SAXATILIS;

EID: 0033031469     PISSN: 09528369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0952836999002022     Document Type: Article

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