Use of the dart apparatus by the hermaphroditic land snail Polymita muscarum (Lea, 1834)

Animal Biology

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 261-266

  Reyes Tur, Bernardo ^a   Koene, Joris M ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE ORIENTE   (Cuba)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Gastropod; Hermaphrodite; Love dart; Sexual selection; Stylommatophora

Indexed keywords

COPULATION; COURTSHIP; HERMAPHRODITE; MATING BEHAVIOR; PATERNITY; SEXUAL SELECTION; SNAIL;

GASTROPODA; POLYMITA (GASTROPOD); STYLOMMATOPHORA;

EID: 34447132131     PISSN: 15707555     EISSN: 15707563     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/157075607780377974     Document Type: Article

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