Copulation in the hermaphroditic snail Lymnaea stagnalis: A review

Invertebrate Reproduction and Development

Volumn 30, Issue 1-3, 1996, Pages 167-176

  De Boer, P A C M ^a   Jansen, R F ^a   Ter Maat, A ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Behavior; Copulation; Cotransmission; Lymnaea stagnalis; Neuropeptides

Indexed keywords

GASTROPODA; LYMNAEA; LYMNAEA STAGNALIS;

EID: 0030426384     PISSN: 07924259     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07924259.1996.9672542     Document Type: Article

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