The tail tells the tale: Taxonomy and biogeography of some Atlantic Chelidonura (Gastropoda: Cephalaspidea: Aglajidae) Inferred from nuclear and mitochondrial gene data

Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 163, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 1077-1095

  Ornelas Gatdula, Elysse ^a   Dupont, Anne ^b   Valdés, Ángel ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

16S; COI; Development; H3; Significance of colour; Western Atlantic

Indexed keywords

AGLAJIDAE; CEPHALASPIDEA; CHELIDONURA; CHELIDONURA AFRICANA; GASTROPODA;

EID: 82255192696     PISSN: 00244082     EISSN: 10963642     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1096-3642.2011.00749.x     Document Type: Article

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