A fossil potadoma (Gastropoda: Pachychilidae) from pleistocene central kalahari fluvio-lacustrine sediments

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 636, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 493-498

  Riedel, Frank ^a   Von Rintelen, Thomas ^b   Erhardt, Sebastian ^a   Kossler, Annette ^a  

^a FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^b HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aquatic gastropods; Biogeography; Late Quaternary; Palaeolimnology; Southern Africa

Indexed keywords

GASTROPODA; PACHYCHILIDAE;

EID: 84904012974     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: 15735117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-009-9958-7     Document Type: Article

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