Ultrastructural and cytochemical study of the digestive gland cells of the marine prosobranch mollusc Nucella Lapillus (L.) in relation to function

Malacologia

Volumn 42, Issue 1-2, 2000, Pages 103-112

  Dimitriadis, Vasilis K ^a   Andrews, Elizabeth B ^b  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Digestive gland; Gastropoda; Nucella

Indexed keywords

GASTROPODA; MOLLUSCA; NUCELLA; NUCELLA LAPILLUS;

EID: 0034410270     PISSN: 00762997     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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