Loop ultrastructure and development in Recent Megathiridoidea, with description of a new genus, Joania (type species Terebratula cordata Risso, 1826)

Earth and Environmental Science Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh

Volumn 98, Issue 3-4, 2007, Pages 391-403

  Alvarez, Fernando ^a   Brunton, C Howard C ^b   Long, Sarah L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OVIEDO   (Spain)

^b DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Argyrotheca; Brachiopoda; Megathiris; Microstructure; Ontogeny

Indexed keywords

EID: 54749152184     PISSN: 17556910     EISSN: 17556929     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1755691008075130     Document Type: Article

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