Investigation in the laboratory of mucous trail detection in the terrestrial pulmonate snail Mesodon thyroidus (Say, 1817) (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Polygyridae)

American Malacological Bulletin

Volumn 22, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 157-164

  Davis, Elizabeth C ^a  

^a Chair Emeritus in the Business and Entrepreneurship Department at Columbia College Chicago   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavior; Chemoreception; Mucus; Trail following

Indexed keywords

CATHARANTHUS ROSEUS; GASTROPODA; MESODON THYROIDUS; MOLLUSCA; PATELLIDAE; POLYGYRIDAE;

EID: 53649110263     PISSN: 07402783     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4003/0740-2783-22.1.157     Document Type: Article

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