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Science 15 June 1979:
Vol. 204. no. 4398, pp. 1199 - 1201
DOI: 10.1126/science.204.4398.1199
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Nautilus Movement and Distribution in Palau, Western Caroline Islands

W. BRUCE SAUNDERS 1 and CLAUDE SPINOSA 2

1 Department of Geology, Bryn Mawr College, Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania 19010
2 Department of Geology and Geophysics, Boise State University, Boise, Idaho 83725

Long-term movement of up to 150 kilometers in 332 days by tagged, living Nautilus, and postmortem shell drift of 1000 kilometers in 138 days, corroborate and explain the cosmopolitan distribution of many fossil shelled cephalopods.

Submitted on October 10, 1978
Revised on December 26, 1978


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