How the number of hinge teeth may induce errors in the taxonomy of Nuculidae and Nuculanidae (Bivalvia)

Nautilus

Volumn 124, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 34-40

  De Castro Oliveira, Cléo Dilnei ^a   Morales, Tatiana Huguenin ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Linear regression; Nuculanoidea; Nuculoidea; Protobranchia; Shell morphology; Taxonomy

Indexed keywords

ADRANA; BIVALVIA; ENNUCULA; NUCULA; NUCULANIDAE; NUCULANOIDEA; NUCULIDAE; NUCULOIDEA; PROTOBRANCHIA;

EID: 77952123131     PISSN: 00281344     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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