Vertigo malleata, a new extreme calcifuge land snail (Gastropoda: Vertiginidae) from the Atlantic and Gulf coastal plains of the USA

Nautilus

Volumn 121, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 17-28

  Coles, Brian F ^a   Nekola, Jeffrey C ^b  

^a DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

Author keywords

Biogeography; Bothriopupa; Community ecology; Eastern North America; Fire ecology; Nesopupa

Indexed keywords

BOTHRIOPUPA; CHAMAECYPARIS; CHAMAECYPARIS THYOIDES; GASTROPODA; SPHAGNUM; STYLOMMATOPHORA; VERTIGINIDAE; VERTIGO (GASTROPOD);

EID: 34247472578     PISSN: 00281344     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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