Mineralogy of shells from two freshwater snails Belgrandiella fontinalis and B. kuesteri

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - A Molecular and Integrative Physiology

Volumn 134, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 121-127

  Medaković, Davorin ^a   Slapnik, Rajko ^b   Popović, Stanko ^c   Gržeta, Biserka ^a  

^a RUDER BO KOVI INSTITUTE   (Croatia)

^b Inst of Philosophy   (Slovenia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ZAGREB   (Croatia)

Author keywords

Aragonite; Belgrandiella; Biomineralization; Calcite; Dolomite; Gastropods; Quartz; X Ray diffraction

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM CARBONATE; FRESH WATER; INORGANIC COMPOUND; MINERAL; SILICON DIOXIDE;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECOLOGY; GASTROPOD; MINERALOGY; MOLLUSC; NONHUMAN; PRECIPITATION; SLOVENIA; SNAIL; SPECIES; X RAY POWDER DIFFRACTION;

BASOMMATOPHORA; BELGRANDIELLA; BELGRANDIELLA FONTINALIS; BELGRANDIELLA KUESTERI; FONTINALIS; GASTROPODA; MOLLUSCA;

EID: 0037221353     PISSN: 10956433     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1095-6433(02)00218-0     Document Type: Article

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