Melanopsis from the mid-pleistocene site of gesher benot ya'aqov (gastropoda: cerithioidea)

Journal of Conchology

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 127-147

  Heller, J ^a   Sivan, N ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

Gesher benot ya'aqov; Hybrids; Jordan valley; Melanopsis; Pleistocene; Systematics

Indexed keywords

BUCCINOIDEA; CERITHIOIDEA; GASTROPODA; MELANOPSIS;

EID: 0035578357     PISSN: 00220019     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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