Sperm transfer, sperm storage, and sperm digestion in the hermaphroditic land snail Succinea putris (Gastropoda, Pulmonata)

Invertebrate Biology

Volumn 128, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 97-106

  Dillen, Lobke ^a   Jordaens, Kurt ^a   Backeljau, Thierry ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^b ROYAL BELGIAN INSTITUTE OF NATURAL SCIENCES   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Mating; Partner manipulation; Reproductive behavior

Indexed keywords

GASTROPODA; PULMONATA; STYLOMMATOPHORA; SUCCINEA PUTRIS;

EID: 66749171251     PISSN: 10778306     EISSN: 17447410     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-7410.2009.00166.x     Document Type: Article

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