Global diversity of gastropods (Gastropoda; Mollusca) in freshwater

2007/12/17 by Ellen E. Strong, Olivier Gargominy, Winston F. Ponder +1 · 538 citations
Agricultural and Biological Sciences · Environmental Science · #Aquatic Invertebrate Ecology and Behavior #Aquatic animal #Biology #Caenogastropoda #Ecology #Endemism #Environmental Toxicology and Ecotoxicology #Fauna #Fishery #Freshwater mollusc #Freshwater snail #Gastropoda #Habitat #IUCN Red List #Invertebrate #Mollusks and Parasites Studies #Species richness #Threatened species

paper · doi:10.1007/s10750-007-9012-6

published in Hydrobiologia 595(1), 149-166 (Springer Science+Business Media)

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