Twitching and quivering of the tentacles during snail olfactory orientation

Journal of Comparative Physiology - A Sensory, Neural, and Behavioral Physiology

Volumn 182, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 81-87

  Lemaire, M ^a   Chase, R ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Boundary layer; Gastropod mollusc; Helix aspersa; Olfaction

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031941124     PISSN: 03407594     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003590050160     Document Type: Article

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