Spatial vision in the prosobranch gastropod Ampularia sp.

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 201, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 1673-1679

  Sever, Jan Olof ^a   Nilsson, Dan E ^a   Warrant, Eric J ^a  

^a Department of Zoology ^*  (Sweden)

Author keywords

Ampularia sp.; Gastropoda; Optics; Retina; Sensitivity; Vision

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031875180     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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