New data on the taxonomy and distribution of the genus Littoraria Griffith and Pidgeon, 1834 (Gastropoda: Littorinidae) in Indo-West Pacific mangrove forests

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Volumn 115, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 115-139

  Reid, David G ^a  

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