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Substrate-controlled naticid gastropod drilling predation on recent barnacles from Chandipur, India and its Palaeontological implications

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Pages 1029-1042 | Received 29 Apr 2019, Accepted 03 Oct 2019, Published online: 24 Oct 2019

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