Differences in shell morphology between the sibling species Littorina scutulata and Littorina plena (Gastropoda: Prosobranchia)

Veliger

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 350-357

  Rugh, N Scott ^a  

^a SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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