Environmentally and genetically induced shell-shape variation in the freshwater pond snail Physa (Physella) virgata (Gould, 1855)

American Malacological Bulletin

Volumn 19, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 93-100

  Britton, David K ^a   McMahon, Robert F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT ARLINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Phenotypic plasticity; Physa; Reaction norms; Shell shape

Indexed keywords

BASOMMATOPHORA; GASTROPODA; LYMNAEIDAE; PHYSA; PHYSELLA VIRGATA;

EID: 21144454503     PISSN: 07402783     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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