Mussel remains from prehistoric salt works, clarke county, Alabama

Southeastern Naturalist

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 105-118

  McGregor, Stuart W ^a   Dumas, Ashley A ^b  

^a Geological Survey of Alabama   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WEST ALABAMA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIVALVIA; FUSCONAIA EBENA; MACTRIDAE; MOLLUSCA; QUADRULA ASPERATA; UNIONIDAE;

EID: 77950258124     PISSN: 15287092     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1656/058.009.0109     Document Type: Article

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