A historic biogeography of the aquatic fauna of the Levant

Biological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 92, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 625-639

  Heller, Joseph ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

Bellamya; Freshwater fauna; Gastropod; Melanoides; Melanopsis

Indexed keywords

FOSSIL RECORD; FRESHWATER ENVIRONMENT; GASTROPOD; MIOCENE; PALEOBIOGEOGRAPHY; RECONSTRUCTION; TAXONOMY; ZOOGEOGRAPHY;

ANATOLIA; ASIA; EUPHRATES RIVER; EURASIA; JORDAN VALLEY; LEVANT; MEDITERRANEAN REGION; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; MIDDLE EAST; ORONTES RIVER; TURKEY;

BELLAMYA; GASTROPODA; MELANOIDES; MELANOPSIS; MYA;

EID: 36849017084     PISSN: 00244066     EISSN: 10958312     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8312.2007.00850.x     Document Type: Review

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