Early Pliocene heteropods and pteropods (Mollusca, Gastropoda) from Santa Maria Island (Azores, Portugal): Systematics and biostratigraphic implications

Acta Geologica Polonica

Volumn 58, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 355-369

  Janssen, Arie W ^a,b   Kroh, Andreas ^c   Ávila, Sérgio P ^d  

^a NATURALIS BIODIVERSITY CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b Department of Geology and Palaeontology ^*  (Malta)

^c NATURHISTORISCHES MUSEUM WIEN   (Austria)

^d UNIVERSITY OF THE AZORES   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Azores; Biostratigraphy; Heteropoda; Mollusca; Northern Atlantic; Pliocene; Pteropoda

Indexed keywords

BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; FAUNA; FOSSIL; MIOCENE; MOLLUSC; NEOGENE; NEW RECORD; PLIOCENE; SEDIMENT; TAXONOMY;

BIO BIO; CHILE; SANTA MARIA ISLAND; SOUTH AMERICA;

CAVOLINIA; GASTROPODA; LIMACINA TROCHIFORMIS; MOLLUSCA; POECILIA RETICULATA; PTEROPODA; ZANCLEA;

EID: 53649090500     PISSN: 00015709     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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