Terrestrial molluscs of Cabo Delgado and adjacent inland areas of north-eastern Mozambique

African Invertebrates

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 255-288

  Muratov, Igor V ^a  

^a NATAL MUSEUM   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Annotated checklist; Cabo Delgado; Gulella; Land snails; Mollusca; Mozambique; New species; Slugs

Indexed keywords

GASTROPODA; GULELLA; MOLLUSCA; PULMONATA; STREPTAXIDAE; STYLOMMATOPHORA;

EID: 78650529382     PISSN: 16815556     EISSN: 16815556     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5733/afin.051.0203     Document Type: Article

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