The genera Limatula and Limea (Mollusca, Pelecypoda, Limidae) from deep waters off Brazil

Zootaxa

Volumn , Issue 1940, 2008, Pages 48-58

  Oliveira, Cléo Dilnei De Castro ^a   Absalão, Ricardo Silva ^a,b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Bivalvia; Brazil; Deep water; Geographic distribution; Limatula; Limea; Limidae; Southern Atlantic

Indexed keywords

BIVALVIA; LIMATULA; LIMATULA CONFUSA; LIMEA; LIMIDAE; LIRATA; MOLLUSCA;

EID: 57149126949     PISSN: 11755326     EISSN: 11755334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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