Studies on the land molluscs of Zululand
1969; Rijksmuseum van Natuurlijke Historie; Volume: 103; Issue: 1 Linguagem: Inglês
ISSN
0024-1652
Autores Tópico(s)Aquatic Invertebrate Ecology and Behavior
ResumoCONTENTS Ι. Introduction 3 2. Acknowledgements 5 3. Revision of the genus Metachatina 6 4. Land molluscs of the Mkuzi and Ndumu Game Reserves...... 20 4a. Topography, climate and vegetation 21 4b. Systematic list 23 4c. Notes on ecology 53 5. Other new records for Zululand 53 6. The distribution of land molluscs in Zululand......... 71 7. The distribution of land molluscs in Southern Africa....... 76 7a. The country (topography, climate, vegetation)........ 77 7b. Composition of the fauna 82 7c. The endemic genera and their species 88 7d. The temperate element 100 7e. The tropical element 102 7f. Distributional history 104 8. Systematic list of families, genera and subgenera........ 108 9. Summary 109 10. References 111 11. Index to genera and subgenera of molluscs 115 1. INTRODUCTION The fauna and flora of Zululand, situated in South Africa to the southeast of Swaziland, are of particular interest to the biogeographer. To the north the area is connected with the East African lowlands through the
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