Tantulum elegans reloaded: A computer-based 3D-visualization of the anatomy of a Caribbean freshwater acochlidian gastropod

Invertebrate Biology

Volumn 126, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 18-39

  Neusser, Timea P ^a   Schrödl, Michael ^a  

^a ZOOLOGISCHE STAATSSAMMLUNG MÜNCHEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Mollusca; Opisthobranchia; Phylogeny; Three dimensional reconstruction

Indexed keywords

GASTROPODA; MOLLUSCA; OPISTHOBRANCHIA;

EID: 34047224318     PISSN: 10778306     EISSN: 17447410     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-7410.2007.00073.x     Document Type: Review

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