Terrestrial molluscs of Pemba Island, Zanzibar, Tanzania, and its status as an "oceanic" island

ZooKeys

Volumn 70, Issue , 2010, Pages 1-39

  Rowson, B ^a   Warren, B H ^b   Ngereza, C F ^c  

^a DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE LA RÉUNION   (France)

^c National Museum of Tanzania   (Tanzania)

Author keywords

Caenogastropoda; Cyathopoma; Dendrolimax; Endemism; Land snails; Mollusca; Pemba; Pulmonata; Slugs; Snails; Stylommatophora

Indexed keywords

CAENOGASTROPODA; CYATHOPOMA; CYCLOPHORIDAE; GASTROPODA; MOLLUSCA; PULMONATA; STYLOMMATOPHORA; UROCYCLIDAE;

EID: 79959873642     PISSN: 13132989     EISSN: 13132970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.70.762     Document Type: Article

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