Phylogeny and biogeography of tropical carnivorous land-snails (Pulmonata: Streptaxoidea) with particular reference to East Africa and the Indian Ocean

Zoologica Scripta

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 85-98

  Rowson, Ben ^a   Tattersfield, Peter ^a   Symondson, William O C ^b  

^a DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^b CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACHATINOIDEA; GASTROPODA; GULELLA; PULMONATA; STREPTAXIDAE; STREPTAXOIDEA; STYLOMMATOPHORA;

EID: 78650207868     PISSN: 03003256     EISSN: 14636409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1463-6409.2010.00456.x     Document Type: Article

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