Environmentally controlled variation in shell size of Ambonychia Hall (Mollusca: Bivalvia) in the type Cincinnatian (Upper Ordovician)

Palaios

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 520-529

  Daley, Gwen M ^a  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GROWTH RATE; ORDOVICIAN; SHELL; SIZE DISTRIBUTION;

AMBONYCHIA; BIVALVIA; CINCINNATIA; MOLLUSCA;

EID: 0033497739     PISSN: 08831351     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3515310     Document Type: Article

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