Revision of the reproductive morphology of three Leptaxis species (Gastropoda, Pulmonata, Hygromiidae) and its implication on dart evolution

Malacologia

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 73-78

  Koene, Joris M ^a   Muratov, Igor V ^b  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b ACADEMY OF NATURAL SCIENCES OF DREXEL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Dart sac; Helicoidea; Love dart; Rudiment; Snail; Stylommatophora; Stylophore

Indexed keywords

GASTROPODA; HELICOIDEA; HYGROMIIDAE; LEPTAXIS; LEPTAXIS ERUBESCENS; PULMONATA; STYLOMMATOPHORA;

EID: 4644259162     PISSN: 00762997     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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