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Taphonomic significance of the encrustation of the dead shell of Recent Spirula spirula (Linné) (Cephalopoda: Coleoidea) by Lepas anatifera Linné (Cirripedia: Thoracia)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 May 2016

Stephen K. Donovan*
Affiliation:
Department of Geology, University of the West Indies, Mona, Kingston 7, Jamaica

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Paleontological Notes
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