A 15-year study of interannual shell-shape variation in a population of freshwater limpets (Pulmonata: Basommatophora: Ancylidae)

American Malacological Bulletin

Volumn 19, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 101-109

  McMahon, Robert F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT ARLINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Ancylidae; Ecophenotypic variation; Freshwater pulmonate; Intrapopulation variation

Indexed keywords

ANCYLIDAE; BASOMMATOPHORA; GASTROPODA; PATELLIDAE; PULMONATA;

EID: 33644997111     PISSN: 07402783     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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