Factors inducing aestivation of the giant African land snail Achatina fulica Bowdich (Gastropoda: Achatinidae)

Proceedings of the Zoological Society

Volumn 63, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 45-52

  Rahman, Md Sayeedur ^a   Raut, Srimanta Kumar ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALCUTTA   (India)

Author keywords

Achatina fulica; Aestivation; Factors; Land snail

Indexed keywords

EID: 84885710770     PISSN: 03735893     EISSN: 09746919     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12595-010-0006-4     Document Type: Article

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