Anatomical correlates of venom production in Conus californicus

Biological Bulletin

Volumn 203, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 27-41

  Marshall, Jennifer ^a   Kelley, Wayne P ^b   Rubakhin, Stanislav S ^b   Bingham, Jon Paul ^c   Sweedler, Jonathan V ^b   Gilly, William F ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^c YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANATOMY;

ANIMALIA; CONUS CALIFORNICUS; GASTROPODA; MOLLUSCA;

EID: 0036704918     PISSN: 00063185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1543455     Document Type: Article

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