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The architecture of the physid musculature of Physa acuta Draparnaud, 1805 (Gastropoda: Physidae)

  • 1. Departamento de Zoología, Instituto de Biología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Ave. Universidad 3000, México, D.F. 04510, México
  • 2. School of Biological & Conservation Sciences, Westville Campus, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, 4000 South Africa

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Naranjo-García, E., Appleton, C. C. (2009): The architecture of the physid musculature of Physa acuta Draparnaud, 1805 (Gastropoda: Physidae). African Invertebrates 50 (1): 1, DOI: 10.5733/afin.050.0101, URL: http://www.bioone.org/doi/abs/10.5733/afin.050.0101

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