A review of the land snail genus Meridolum (Gastropoda: Camaenidae) from central New South Wales, Australia

Molluscan Research

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 61-120

  Clark, Stephanie A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Anatomy; Meridolum; Morphology; Petraconcha; Pommerhelix; Ponderconcha; Stanisicia; Taxonomy

Indexed keywords

CAMAENIDAE; GASTROPODA; HELICOIDEA; STYLOMMATOPHORA;

EID: 69249244170     PISSN: 13235818     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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