Morphological variation in glochidia shells of six species of Elliptio from Gulf of Mexico and Atlantic Coast drainages in the southeastern United States

Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington

Volumn 116, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 719-731

  O'Brien, Christine A ^a   Williams, James D ^a   Hoggarth, Michael A ^b  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b OTTERBEIN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MORPHOLOGY; SHELL;

ELLIPTIO; ELLIPTIO CRASSIDENS; ELLIPTIO DARIENSIS; ELLIPTIO DILATATA; ELLIPTIO HOPETONENSIS; ELLIPTIO ICTERINA; ELLIPTIO MCMICHAELI; ELLIPTIO SHEPARDIANA; UNIONIDAE;

EID: 0346039099     PISSN: 0006324X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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