Nuculidae (Bivalvia) in the Cape Melville Formation, King George Island, Antarctica, with an overview of the bivalve fauna

Antarctic Science

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 625-633

  Whittle, Rowan J ^a   Quaglio, Fernanda ^b   Crame, J Alistair ^a   Linse, Katrin ^a  

^a BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

biogeography; Cenozoic; Southern Ocean; taxonomy

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOGRAPHY; BIVALVE; CENOZOIC; LITERATURE REVIEW; MIOCENE; SUBSTRATE; TAXONOMY;

ANTARCTICA; KING GEORGE ISLAND; SOUTH SHETLAND ISLANDS;

BIVALVIA; HIATELLIDAE; LIMIDAE; LIMOPSIDAE; MALLETIIDAE; NUCULIDAE; PECTINIDAE; PERIPLOMATIDAE; SAREPTIDAE;

EID: 84870157210     PISSN: 09541020     EISSN: 13652079     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0954102012000454     Document Type: Article

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