Arion transsylvanus (Mollusca, Pulmonata, Arionidae): Rediscovery of a cryptic species

Zoologica Scripta

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 343-362

  Jordaens, Kurt ^a   Pinceel, Jan ^a   Van Houtte, Natalie ^a   Breugelmans, Karin ^b   Backeljau, Thierry ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^b ROYAL BELGIAN INSTITUTE OF NATURAL SCIENCES   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; ARION; ARION FUSCUS; ARION SUBFUSCUS; ARIONIDAE; GASTROPODA; INVERTEBRATA; MOLLUSCA; PULMONATA;

EID: 77954932813     PISSN: 03003256     EISSN: 14636409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1463-6409.2010.00425.x     Document Type: Article

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