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The dual protection of a micro land snail against a micro predatory snail.

PloS one - 1 Jan 2013

Wada Shinichiro, Chiba Satoshi

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Defense against a single predatory attack strategy may best be achieved not by a single trait but by a combination of different traits. We tested this hypothesis experimentally by examining the unique shell traits (the protruded aperture and the denticles within the aperture) of the micro land snail Bensonella plicidens. We artificially altered shell characteristics by removing the denticles and/or cutting the...

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PMID: 23326582
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0054123
PMCID: PMC3541139

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