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The Genus Fulgoraria (Gastropoda: Volutidae) of the northeastern Kamchatka Peninsula and Sakhalin Island, with notes on the paleoecology and distribution of the subfamily Fulgorariinae in the Oligocene of the northern Pacific
Type: Text
Year: 1993, 1993
Member of: FAU College Collections
Contributors: Oleinik, Anton E.
Publisher: The Bailey-Matthews Shell Museum
Description: A review of the Oligocene biogeography of northern fulgorariines along the northern Pacific margin, including the western coast of North America, indicates that this subfamily had a much broader distribution during late Paleogene time than today. These data point to more favorable climatic conditions (including lower water temperatures) for dispersal of fulgorariine volutes during the Oligocene.
Full Text: Notice: This author manuscript appears courtesy of The Nautilus a peer reviewed, not for profit quarterly published by the non-profit organization The Bailey-Matthews Shell Museum. The published version in The Nautilus 106(4):137-146, 1993 is available …