Polymorphism in Pleistocene Land Snails
- 1 April 1966
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in Science
- Vol. 152 (3718), 71-72
- https://doi.org/10.1126/science.152.3718.71
Abstract
Under suitable conditions the colors and patterns of the shells of land snails may be preserved for thousands of years. In a late Pleistocene population of Limicolaria martensiana all the major color forms that occur in modern living snails may be distinguished, and the basic polymorphism is at least 8,000 to 10,000 year old.This publication has 1 reference indexed in Scilit:
- A POPULATION STUDY OF AN EQUATORIAL LAND SNAIL, LIMICOLARIA MARTENSIANA (ACHATINIDAE)Journal of Zoology, 1965