The edible West Indian "whelk" Cittarium pica (Gastropoda: Trochidae): Natural history with new observations

Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia

Volumn 153, Issue , 2003, Pages 27-47

  Robertson, Robert ^a  

^a ACADEMY OF NATURAL SCIENCES OF DREXEL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; ANIMALIA; ANTHOZOA; CHLOROPHYTA; CITTARIUM MAESTRATII; CITTARIUM PICA; CYANOBACTERIA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); DINOPHYCEAE; GASTROPODA; INVERTEBRATA; PICA; PLECTONEMA TEREBRANS; TROCHIDAE;

EID: 0842285793     PISSN: 00973157     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1635/0097-3157(2003)153[0027:TEWIWC]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Review

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