Morphology of the conglutinate of the kidneyshell freshwater mussel, Ptychobranchus fasciolaris

Invertebrate Biology

Volumn 118, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 289-295

  Watters, G Thomas ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Glochidia; Mollusca; Parasite; Unionidae

Indexed keywords

INSECTA; MOLLUSCA; PTYCHOBRANCHUS FASCIOLARIS; UNIONIDAE;

EID: 0033449787     PISSN: 10778306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3226998     Document Type: Article

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