On the establishment of two more alien mollusca (Chama aspersa Reeve, 1846 and Chama asperella Lamarck, 1819) in the eastern Mediterranean

Mediterranean Marine Science

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 97-100

  Ovalis, P ^a   Zenetos, A ^b  

^a Institute of Oceanography ^*  (Greece)

^b INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (Greece)

Author keywords

Alien mollusca; Chama asperella; Chama aspersa; Greece

Indexed keywords

EID: 65349194875     PISSN: 1108393X     EISSN: 17916763     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.12681/mms.158     Document Type: Article

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