The ecology of shell shape difference in chirally dimorphic snails

Contributions to Zoology

Volumn 81, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 95-101

  Schilthuizen, Menno ^a,b,d   Haase, Martin ^c   Koops, Kees ^d   Looijestijn, Sylvia M ^a,d   Hendrikse, Sigrid ^a,e  

^a NATURALIS BIODIVERSITY CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITI MALAYSIA SABAH   (Malaysia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GREIFSWALD   (Germany)

^d LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^e VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Dispersal; Gastropoda; Left right asymmetry; Mollusca; Niche differentiation; Southeast asia

Indexed keywords

EID: 84867421957     PISSN: 13834517     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/18759866-08102004     Document Type: Article

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