Habitat preferences of coral-associated wentletrap snails (Gastropoda: Epitoniidae)

Contributions to Zoology

Volumn 82, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 1-25

  Gittenberger, Adriaan ^a,b   Hoeksema, Bert W ^a  

^a NATURALIS BIODIVERSITY CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Coral mollusc associations; Fungiidae; Indo Pacific; Parasitic snails; Scleractinia

Indexed keywords

EID: 84874190501     PISSN: 13834517     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/18759866-08201001     Document Type: Article

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