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SEM image of lateral view of a love dart of the land snail Monachoides vicinus.The scale bar is 500 μm (0.5 mm). Drawing showing a side view of the love dart of the edible snail Helix pomatia. 1 = flared base of the dart. 2 = position of the inner cavity. 3 = longitudinal flanges or vanes. 4 = sharp tip or blade of the dart A love dart from Cornu aspersum (garden snail) on a ruler for ...
love dart of Otala lactea. This snail creates and uses love darts as part of its courtship behaviour, prior to mating. The shell of the snail plays an important role on its quality of life. This is because the calcium in the snails shell allows for shell regeneration to take place, if the shell was ever to be broken. [6]
Xeromunda durieui is a species of small air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Geomitridae, the hairy snails and their allies. [ 1 ] This species of snail makes and uses love darts as part of its mating behavior.
S = stylophore or dart sac (bursa telae) SO = spermoviduct SP = spermathecae SRO = spermatophore-receiving organ (indicated in grey) V = vagina VD = vas deferens Head of a mating Helix pomatia showing the everted penis (P), and the dart sac (S) in the process of shooting a love dart (D).
SEM image of lateral view of love dart of Monachoides vicinus. The scale bar is 500 μm (0.5 mm). Drawing of love dart of Monachoides vicinus. Cross-section (on the left) and lateral view (on the right) These snails use love darts as part of their mating behavior.
love dart of Humboldtiana nuevoleonis. Snails in this genus create and use love darts as part of their mating behavior.. The scanning electron microscope images on the left show (above) the lateral view of the love dart of Humboldtiana nuevoleonis, scale bar 500 μm (0.5 mm); and (below) a cross section of the dart, scale bar 50 μm.
Xeromunda is a genus of small air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Helicellinae of the family Geomitridae, the harry snails and their allies. [1] Species of snails in this genus make and use love darts as part of their mating behavior.
The scanning electron microscope image of the love dart of Humboldtiana nuevoleonis: lateral view (above), scale bar 500 μm (0.5 mm); and a cross section of the dart (below), scale bar 50 μm. Snails in this species create and use love darts as part of their mating behavior.