A twist of nature: a left-handed Bythinella schmidti (Küster, 1852) (Caenogastropoda: Bythinellidae)
As most extant snails, Bythinella schmidti is characterised by dextral (right-handed) coiling of the shell. Nevertheless, a small sinistral (left-handed) individual from the spring on a mountain pasture was sampled, together with its larger dextral conspecifics. In our report on this first case of...
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Language: | English |
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University of Ljubljana Press (Založba Univerze v Ljubljani)
2018-12-01
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Series: | Natura Sloveniae |
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Online Access: | https://journals.uni-lj.si/NaturaSloveniae/article/view/16690 |
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