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A giant Nucella lapillus (Linnaeus, 1758) (Muricidae) from the Holocene of the Outer Thames Estuary
Fraussen, K.; Vanleke, C. (2017). A giant Nucella lapillus (Linnaeus, 1758) (Muricidae) from the Holocene of the Outer Thames Estuary. Gloria Maris 55(4): 111-114
In: Gloria Maris. Belgische Vereniging voor Conchyliologie: Deurne. ISSN 0778-4767, more
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Keywords
    Geological time > Phanerozoic > Geological time > Cenozoic > Quaternary > Holocene
    Gastropoda [WoRMS]; Mollusca [WoRMS]; Muricidae Rafinesque, 1815 [WoRMS]; Nucella lapillus (Linnaeus, 1758) [WoRMS]
    ANE, North Sea [Marine Regions]
Author keywords
    Gigantism
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  • Fraussen, K., more
  • Vanleke, C.
Abstract
    A giant shell of Nucella lapillus (Linnaeus, 1758) was found among other shells and normal-sized specimens of the same species in gravel dredged on the edge of the Outer Thames Estuary offshore the British coast and deposited at the Belgian coast.
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