The function of dart shooting in helicid snails

American Malacological Bulletin

Volumn 23, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 183-189

  Chase, Ronald ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cantareus aspersus; Courtship; Sexual conflict; Sexual selection; Sperm competition

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; CANTAREUS ASPERSA; GASTROPODA; HELICIDAE;

EID: 38749136974     PISSN: 07402783     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4003/0740-2783-23.1.183     Document Type: Article

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