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Article: Clypeasteroid echinoid tests as benthic islands for gastrochaenid bivalve colonization: evidence from the Middle Miocene of Tarragona, north-east Spain

Publication: Palaeontology
Volume: 56
Part: 4
Publication Date: July 2013
Page(s): 783 – 796
Author(s): Zain Belaústegui, Jordi M. De Gibert, James H. Nebelsick, Rosa Domènech and Jordi Martinell
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BELASTEGUI, Z., DE GIBERT, J. M., NEBELSICK, J. H., DOMNECH, R., MARTINELL, J. 2013. Clypeasteroid echinoid tests as benthic islands for gastrochaenid bivalve colonization: evidence from the Middle Miocene of Tarragona, north-east Spain. Palaeontology, 56, 4, 783–796.

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