THE SHELL-BEARING, BENTHIC GASTROPODS ON THE SOUTHERN PART OF THE CONTINENTAL SLOPE OFF NORWAY

The fauna of benthic shell-bearing gastropods on the continental slope off western Norway is described, based on material collected during the 1980s. Almost 3,000 specimens belonging to 96 species have been studied. The existence of a specific gastropod fauna restricted to the upper slope is documen...

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Published in:Journal of Molluscan Studies
Main Author: Høisæter, Tore
Format: Text
Language:English
Published: Oxford University Press 2010
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Norwegian Sea
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Online Access:http://mollus.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/short/eyq003v1
https://doi.org/10.1093/mollus/eyq003
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title_short THE SHELL-BEARING, BENTHIC GASTROPODS ON THE SOUTHERN PART OF THE CONTINENTAL SLOPE OFF NORWAY
title_full THE SHELL-BEARING, BENTHIC GASTROPODS ON THE SOUTHERN PART OF THE CONTINENTAL SLOPE OFF NORWAY
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