Adaptive radiation of thalassoid gastropods in Lake Tanganyika, East Africa: Morphology and systematization of a paludomid species flock in an ancient lake

Zoosystematics and Evolution

Volumn 84, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 71-122

  Glaubrecht, Matthias ^a  

^a HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Adaptive radiation; Cerithioidea; Embryonic shell; Evolutionary ecology; Intralacustrine speciation; Monophyly; Paludomidae; Radula; Thiaridae; Viviparity

Indexed keywords

CERITHIOIDEA; GASTROPODA; LAVIGERIA; LAVIGERIINAE; MOLLUSCA; PARAMELANIINAE; SYRNOLOPSINAE; THIARIDAE;

EID: 84859826956     PISSN: 14351935     EISSN: 18600743     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/zoos.200700016     Document Type: Review

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