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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 ...
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.
The love-dart (if present) is produced and stored in the stylophore (often called dart sac) and shot by a forceful eversion of this organ. The mucous glands produce the mucus that is deposited on the dart before shooting. The penis is intromitted to transfer the spermatophore.
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.
Binomial name; Marmorana scabriuscula (Deshayes, 1830) Marmorana scabriuscula is a species of air-breathing land snail, ... Love dart of Marmorana scabriuscula.
These snails create and use love darts as part of their mating behavior. The scanning electron microscope images shown are as follows: the upper image shows the lateral view of the dart, scale bar is 500 μm (0.5 mm). The lower image show the cross-section of the darts; the scale bar is 50 μm.
Cernuella virgata, also known as Helicella virgata, common name, the "vineyard snail", is a species of small, air-breathing land snail, a pulmonate gastropod mollusc in the family Geomitridae. [ 2 ] This species of snail makes and uses love darts .
A love dart from the land snail Monachoides vicinus A love dart is a hard, sharp, calcareous or chitinous dart which some hermaphroditic land snails and slugs create. Love darts are made in sexually mature animals only, and are used as part of the sequence of events during courtship before actual mating takes place. Prior to copulation, each of ...