A new gastropod mollusc, Antarctissitys austrodema gen. et sp. nov., from the upper Maastrichtian of Antarctica and its evolutionary significance

Cretaceous Research

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 111-118

  Stilwell, Jeffrey D ^a   Zinsmeister, William J ^b  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Antarctica; Cretaceous; Gastropoda; Maastrichtian; Mollusca; Perissityidae

Indexed keywords

CRETACEOUS; EVOLUTION; MAASTRICHTIAN; MOLLUSC; MORPHOLOGY; NEW SPECIES;

ANTARCTICA;

ANTARCTISSITYS; ANTARCTISSITYS AUSTRODEMA; FUSUS DUSENIANUS; GASTROPODA; MOLLUSCA; MURICOIDEA; PERISSITYS;

EID: 0042856315     PISSN: 01956671     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0195-6671(03)00035-1     Document Type: Article

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