An early pleistocene molluscan assemblage from Fiji: Gastropod faunal composition, paleoecology and biogeography

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 146, Issue 1-4, 1999, Pages 99-145

  Kohn, Alan J ^a   Arua, Ingela ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Fiji; Gastropods; Marine paleoecology; Nakasi Beds; Paleobiogeography; Pleistocene; Predation

Indexed keywords

FIJI;

PALEOBIOGEOGRAPHY; PALEOECOLOGY; PLEISTOCENE;

FIJI;

ANTHOZOA; BIVALVIA; CONIDAE; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); GASTROPODA; INVERTEBRATA; LYELLIA; MOLLUSCA; NATICIDAE; NEOGASTROPODA; OLIVIDAE; TURRIDAE;

EID: 0033557391     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-0182(98)00135-7     Document Type: Article

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