Pre-Columbian Littorina littorea in Nova Scotia
- 11 August 1961
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in Science
- Vol. 134 (3476) , 393-394
- https://doi.org/10.1126/science.134.3476.393
Abstract
Littorina littorea, an abundant northeast North American gastropod, was thought to have been introduced from Europe about 1840. Shells of that species found in ancient Micmac Indian camp sites in Nova Scotia have been radiocarbon-dated as pre-Columbian. Failure of L. littorrea to extend its range southward before 1840 may have been due to oceanographic factors.This publication has 2 references indexed in Scilit:
- Circulation on the Scotian Shelf as Indicated by Drift BottlesJournal of the Fisheries Research Board of Canada, 1958
- Is Littorina Litorea Introduced or Indigenous?The American Naturalist, 1886