Histological description of the gonad, reproductive cycle, and fertilization of Pisidium amnicum (Müller, 1774) (Bivalvia: Sphaeriidae)

Veliger

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 124-131

  Araujo, R ^a   Ramos, M A ^a  

^a MUSEO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS NATURALES   (Spain)

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