Molluscan fossils from the Ryukyu Islands, Southwest Japan-Part 4, Gastropoda and Pelecypoda from the Nakoshi Formation in the Motobu Peninsula, Okinawa-jima

Science Reports of the University of Tsukuba, Institute of Geoscience, Section B: Geological Sciences

Volumn 23, Issue , 2002, Pages 53-116

  Noda, Hiroshi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

Author keywords

Gastropoda; Nakoshi Formation; Neogene; Okinawa jima; Pelecypoda; Ryukyu

Indexed keywords

BIVALVE; FOSSIL RECORD; GASTROPOD; NEOGENE; TAXONOMY;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; JAPAN; RYUKYU ISLANDS;

BIVALVIA; GASTROPODA;

EID: 2342430813     PISSN: 03886182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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