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The balanced life: evolution of ventral shell weighting in gastropods

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Vermeij, Geerat J. (2022): The balanced life: evolution of ventral shell weighting in gastropods. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 194: 256-275, DOI: 10.1093/zoolinnean/zlab019

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