Temperature-related diversity of shell colour in the intertidal gastropod Batillaria

Journal of Molluscan Studies

Volumn 73, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 235-240

  Miura, Osamu ^a,b   Nishi, Syuhei ^a   Chiba, Satoshi ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b SMITHSONIAN TROPICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Panama)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLOR MORPH; FIELDWORK; FLATWORM; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION; INTERTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; PARASITISM; POLYMORPHISM; SHELL; SNAIL; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

BATILLARIA; BATILLARIA ATTRAMENTARIA; BATILLARIA MULTIFORMIS; GASTROPODA; TREMATODA;

EID: 35148821109     PISSN: 02601230     EISSN: 14643766     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/mollus/eym019     Document Type: Article

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