Shell and ligament microstructure of selected Silurian and Recent palaeotaxodonts (Mollusca: Bivalvia)

American Malacological Bulletin

Volumn 16, Issue 1-2, 2001, Pages 217-238

  Carter, Joseph G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bivalvia; Evolution; Ligaments; Palaeonuculinae; Palaeotaxodonta; Shell microstructure

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