Strategies for collecting land snails and their impact on conservation planning

American Malacological Bulletin

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 97-103

  Coppolino, Marla L ^a,b  

^a SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Gastropoda; Historical data; Pulmonata; Search methods; Terrestrial snails

Indexed keywords

GASTROPODA; PULMONATA; STYLOMMATOPHORA;

EID: 77749339889     PISSN: 07402783     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4003/006.028.0225     Document Type: Conference Paper

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