Selection for prey shell thickness by the naticid gastropod Euspira lewisii (Naticidae) on the bivalve Protothaca staminea (Veneridae)

Veliger

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 317-322

  Grey, Melissa ^a,b   Lelièvre, Peter G ^b   Boulding, Elizabeth G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIVALVIA; EUSPIRA LEWISII; GASTROPODA; NATICIDAE; PROTOTHACA STAMINEA; VENERIDAE;

EID: 33846952554     PISSN: 00423211     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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