Location of allospermatozoa in the freshwater gastropod Biomphalaria tenagophila (d'Orbigny, 1835) (Pulmonata: Planorbidae)

Nautilus

Volumn 114, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 74-79

  Monteiro, Warton ^a   Kawano, Toshie ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRASILIA   (Brazil)

^b INSTITUTO BUTANTAN   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Hermaphroditic; Pulmonates; Reproduction; Spermatozoa

Indexed keywords

EID: 0039016090     PISSN: 00281344     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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