A literature database on the mating behavior of stylommatophoran land snails and slugs

American Malacological Bulletin

Volumn 23, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 173-181

  Davison, Angus ^a   Mordan, Peter ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Love darts; Mollusc; Reciprocal mating; Sexual conflict; Simultaneous hermaphrodite

Indexed keywords

GASTROPODA; MOLLUSCA; STYLOMMATOPHORA;

EID: 38749104667     PISSN: 07402783     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4003/0740-2783-23.1.173     Document Type: Article

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