Limicolaria flammea (Müller, 1774), another potentially invasive African land snail in tropical Asia

Tropical Conservation Science

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 97-102

  Tan, Siong Kiat ^a   Clements, Gopalasamy Reuben ^b,c  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Achatinid; Africa; Mollusc; Singapore; Southeast Asia; Terrestrial

Indexed keywords

ACHATINIDAE; GASTROPODA; LIMICOLARIA; MOLLUSCA; STYLOMMATOPHORA;

EID: 79953675395     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19400829     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/194008291100400109     Document Type: Article

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