Shell morphology in Cerastoderma spp. (Bivalvia: Cardiidae) and its significance for adaptation to tidal and non-tidal coastal habitats

Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom

Volumn 82, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 483-490

  Mariani, Stefano ^a,b   Piccari, Fabrizio ^a   De Matthaeis, Elvira ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HULL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; COASTAL WATER; MORPHOLOGY; SHELL;

BIVALVIA; CARDIIDAE; CERASTODERMA; CERASTODERMA EDULE; CERASTODERMA GLAUCUM;

EID: 0036621335     PISSN: 00253154     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0025315402005751     Document Type: Article

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