Mate-choice criteria in a protandrous simultaneously hermaphroditic land snail Achatina fulica (Férussac) (Stylommatophora: Achatinidae)

Journal of Molluscan Studies

Volumn 62, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 101-111

  Tomiyama, Kiyonori ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GASTROPOD; LAND SNAIL; MATE CHOICE; PROTANDRY;

ACHATINA FULICA; ACHATINIDAE; STYLOMMATOPHORA;

EID: 0029668421     PISSN: 02601230     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/mollus/62.1.101     Document Type: Article

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