Deepest Atlantic molluscs: Hadal limpets (Mollusca, Gastropoda, Cocculiniformia) from the northern boundary of the Caribbean Plate

Invertebrate Biology

Volumn 118, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 116-136

  Leal, José H ^a   Harasewych, M G ^b  

^a Nautilus The Bailey Matthews Shell Museum   (United States)

^b DEPARTMENT OF PALEOBIOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cocculinidae; Deep sea; Pseudococculinidae

Indexed keywords

AMPHIPLICA; CAYMANABYSSIA; COCCULINIDAE; COCCULINIFORMIA; FEDIKOVELLA; GASTROPODA; MOLLUSCA; PATELLIDAE; PSEUDOCOCCULINIDAE;

EID: 0033418490     PISSN: 10778306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3227054     Document Type: Article

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