Three new species of fossil terrestrial Mollusca from fissure deposits within the Ryukyu Limestone in Okinawa and Yoron islands, Japan

Paleontological Research

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 231-249

  Azuma, Yoshio ^a,b  

^a HYOGO UNIVERSITY OF TEACHER EDUCATION   (Japan)

^b Itamikita Senior High School   (Japan)

Author keywords

Fissure deposits; Fossil terrestrial Mollusca; Late Pleistocene; New species; Ryukyu Limestone

Indexed keywords

FOSSIL RECORD; MOLLUSC; NEW SPECIES; PLEISTOCENE;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; JAPAN; KAGOSHIMA [KYUSHU]; KYUSHU; OKINAWA [RYUKYU ISLANDS]; OKINAWA ISLAND; OKINAWA ISLANDS; RYUKYU ISLANDS; YORON ISLAND;

CLAUSILIIDAE; CONIGLOBUS; CONIGLOBUS MERCATORIUS; MOLLUSCA;

EID: 35948952365     PISSN: 13428144     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2517/1342-8144(2007)11[231:TNSOFT]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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