Odour tracking to a food source by the gastropod Meridolum gulosum (Gould, 1864) from New South Wales, Australia (Camaenidae: Eupulmonata: Mollusca)

Molluscan Research

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 187-191

  Davis, Elizabeth C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Behaviour; Chemoreception; Gastropoda; Kinematics; Orientation; Snail; Tentacle

Indexed keywords

EID: 53649097009     PISSN: 13235818     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/MR04008     Document Type: Article

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