AGE DETERMINATION OF ARIANTA ARBUSTORUM (L.) (PULMONATA) BASED ON GROWTH BREAKS AND INNER LAYERS

1 January 1986

journal article
research article
Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Journal of Molluscan Studies

Vol. 52 (3) , 243-247
https://doi.org/10.1093/mollus/52.3.243

Abstract

The pulmonate snail Arianta arbustorum from the Swiss Alps was aged using thin sections of the shell margins cut from marked individuals. Shell layers at the apertural lip and growth breaks in the juvenile can give a reliable estimate of age.

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