The Asian freshwater snail Gyraulus chinensis (Dunker, 1848) (Planorbidae) in West Africa and Europe

Journal of African Zoology

Volumn 112, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 203-213

  Brown, David S ^a   Grácio, Maria A A ^b   Meier Brook, Claus ^c  

^a DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUTO DE HIGIENE E MEDICINA TROPICAL   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Colonizing species dispersal; Fresh water; Gastropoda; Guinea Bissau; Gyraulus chinensis; Introduced species; Mollusca; New record; Paddy field; Snail; West Africa

Indexed keywords

INTRODUCED SPECIES; NEW RECORD; PADDY FIELD; SNAIL;

GUINEA-BISSAU;

GASTROPODA; GYRAULUS CHINENSIS;

EID: 0344527813     PISSN: 07767943     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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