Life history of the terrestrial snail Ovachlamys fulgens (Stylommatophora: Helicarionidae) under laboratory conditions

Revista de Biologia Tropical

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 369-384

  Barrientos, Zaidett ^a  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE BIODIVERSIDAD   (Costa Rica)

Author keywords

Costa Rica; Egg development; Egg shell dissolution; Egg viability; Helicarionidae; Land snail; Life cycle; Ovachlamys; Oviposition; Reproduction

Indexed keywords

EID: 0009369333     PISSN: 00347744     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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