Ecological and physiological adaptations of the land snail Albinaria caerulea (pulmonata: Clausiliidae)

Journal of Molluscan Studies

Volumn 71, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 15-23

  Giokas, Sinos ^a   Pafilis, Panayiotis ^a   Valakos, Efstratios ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; BIOCHEMICAL COMPOSITION; ECOPHYSIOLOGY; SNAIL;

ALBINARIA CAERULEA;

EID: 14844325859     PISSN: 02601230     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/mollus/eyi001     Document Type: Article

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