Eastward spread of Ergalatax junionae Houart, 2008 (Gastropoda, mollusca), a recent alien species in the Mediterranean

Journal of Biological Research

Volumn 10, Issue , 2008, Pages 221-223

  Zenetos, Argyro ^a   Ovalis, Panayotis ^b   Houart, Roland ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (Greece)

^b Rue Vautier ^*  (Greece)

^c ROYAL BELGIAN INSTITUTE OF NATURAL SCIENCES   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Alien mollusca; Ergalatax junionae; Ergalatax obscura; Greece; Mediterranean

Indexed keywords

GASTROPODA; MOLLUSCA; MURICIDAE;

EID: 65349098925     PISSN: 1790045X     EISSN: 1790045X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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