pulmonates

It turns out that in some pulmonates mating is anatomically reciprocal, while in others unilateral (for example, see Davison & Mordan, 2007).

Archive 2009-05-01 AYDIN 2009

In the same post, I also asked, rather naively, if Lamarck had been the first person to find out that pulmonates were hermaphrodites.

Archive 2009-08-01 AYDIN 2009

In the same post, I also asked, rather naively, if Lamarck had been the first person to find out that pulmonates were hermaphrodites.

Who discovered that pulmonate snails and slugs are hermaphrodites? AYDIN 2009

Now I know that the hermaphroditism of pulmonates had been determined long before Lamarck was active in the early 19th century.

Who discovered that pulmonate snails and slugs are hermaphrodites? AYDIN 2009

In pulmonates, the lungs replace the gills and the arrangements and the morphologies of the organs of the mantle cavity gain significance in the understanding of the evolutionary relationships between the different groups.

Archive 2009-01-01 AYDIN 2009

Most terrestrial snails are in the group Pulmonata and all pulmonates are hermaphrodites.

Archive 2009-05-01 AYDIN 2009

Now I know that the hermaphroditism of pulmonates had been determined long before Lamarck was active in the early 19th century.

Archive 2009-08-01 AYDIN 2009

The snails may have been on the surface taking up air, if they were air breathing pulmonates.

Lunch with turkey vultures AYDIN 2009

It turns out that in some pulmonates mating is anatomically reciprocal, while in others unilateral for example, see Davison & Mordan, 2007.

Do hermaphrodite snails have twice the fun? AYDIN 2009

Most terrestrial snails are in the group Pulmonata and all pulmonates are hermaphrodites.

Do hermaphrodite snails have twice the fun? AYDIN 2009