Mollusca of Assateague Island, Maryland and Virginia: Additions to the fauna, range extensions, and gigantism

Veliger

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 337-355

  Prezant, Robert S ^a   Counts III, Clement L ^a   Chapman, Eric J ^a  

^a MONTCLAIR STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

ECTEINASCIDIA TURBINATA; EUPLEURA SEMISULCATA; PEACHIA PARASITICA; TECTURA TESTUDINALIS; TRIDONTA BOREALIS;

EID: 0036773890     PISSN: 00423211     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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