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Observations on growth of Neritina violacea were made under laboratory conditions. The influence of temperature on monthly growth and the absolute growth rate were studied.
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Balaparameswara Rao, M., Murty, A.S. A preliminary study on the growth rate of a tropical estuarine snail Neritina violacea (gmelin) (gastropoda : neritacea), under laboratory conditions. Hydrobiologia 62, 59–64 (1979). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00012563
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