Molecular and morphological data reveal cryptic taxonomic diversity in the terrestrial slug complex Arion subfuscus/fuscus (Mollusca, Pulmonata, Arionidae) in continental north-west Europe

Biological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 83, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 23-38

  Pinceel, J ^a   Jordaens, K ^a   Van Houtte, N ^a   De Winter, A J ^b   Backeljau, T ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^b NATURALIS BIODIVERSITY CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c ROYAL BELGIAN INSTITUTE OF NATURAL SCIENCES   (Belgium)

Author keywords

16s rDNA; Allozymes; Cryptic species; Gastropoda; Molecular taxonomy; Morphology; SSCP

Indexed keywords

ALLOZYME; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; MORPHOLOGY; NOMENCLATURE; SLUG; TAXONOMY;

EURASIA; EUROPE;

ARION; ARION FUSCUS; ARION SUBFUSCUS; ARIONIDAE; GASTROPODA; INVERTEBRATA; MOLLUSCA; OTUS; PULMONATA;

EID: 4544374804     PISSN: 00244066     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8312.2004.00368.x     Document Type: Article

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