Can mineralogical features affect the distribution patterns of sessile gastropods? The Vermetidae case in the Mediterranean Sea

Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom

Volumn 83, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 1267-1268

  Schiaparelli, S ^a   Guidetti, P ^b   Cattaneo Vietti, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SALENTO   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MINERALOGY; MOLLUSC; SESSILE SPECIES; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

DENDROPOMA; GASTROPODA; MOLLUSCA; VERMETIDAE; VERMETUS;

EID: 1042290239     PISSN: 00253154     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0025315403008622     Document Type: Article

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