Drill holes produced by the predatory gastropod Nucella lamellosa (Muricidae): Palaeobiological and ecological implications

Journal of Molluscan Studies

Volumn 70, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 359-370

  Kowalewski, Michał ^a  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MOLLUSC; MORPHOMETRY; PALEOECOLOGY; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; SHELL;

BIVALVIA; GASTROPODA; MOLLUSCA; MURICIDAE; MYTILIDAE; MYTILUS TROSSULUS; NUCELLA; NUCELLA LAMELLOSA;

EID: 5044236550     PISSN: 02601230     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/mollus/70.4.359     Document Type: Article

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