Embryonic and larval development of Spisula solidissima similis (Say, 1822) (Bivalvia: Mactridae)

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Volumn 39, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 60-64

  Walker, Randal L ^a   O'Beirn, Francis X ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

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