On the adaptive function of the love dart of Helix aspersa

Veliger

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 231-249

  Landolfa, Michael A ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR CELL BIOLOGY AND GENETICS   (Germany)

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Indexed keywords

HELIX ASPERSA; HELIX POMATIA;

EID: 0036638262     PISSN: 00423211     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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