Snails: Does size matter?

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Title
Snails: Does size matter?
Source
ZOOL 567, Fall 2021
Rights
CC BY 2.0
Contributor
Piktochart
Creative Commons
Creator
Ho, Stephanie
Description
Infographic that discusses the unique mating process of snails and analyzes ten articles on how several snail species choose their mates based on size preferences.
References
Baur, B. (1992). Random mating by size in the simultaneously hermaphroditic land snail Arianta arbustorum: Experiments and an explanation. Animal Behaviour, 43(3), 511-518. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0003-3472(05)80109-5

Cardoso, R. S., Costa, D. S., & Loureiro, V. F. (2007). Mating behaviour of the marine snail Littoraria flava (Mollusca: Caenogastropoda) on a boulder shore of south-east Brazil. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom, 87(4), 947-952. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0025315407053210

Chaine, A. & Angeloni, L. (2005). Size-dependent mating and gender choice in a simultaneous hermaphrodite, Bulla gouldiana. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, 59(1), 58-68. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00265-005-0009-8

Dillen, L., Jordaens, K., van Dongen, S., & Backeljau, T. (2010). Effects of body size on courtship role, mating frequency and sperm transfer in the land snail Succinea putris. Animal Behaviour, 79(5), 1125-1133. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.anbehav.2010.02.010

Kimura, K., Hirano, T., & Chiba, S. (2015). Assortative mating with respect to size in the simultaneously hermaphroditic land snail Bradybaena pellucida. Acta Ethologica, 18(3), 265-268. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10211-014-0211-7.

Koene, J. M., Montagne-Wajer, K., & Ter Maat, A. (2007). Aspects of body size and mate choice in the simultaneously hermaphroditic pond snail Lymnaea stagnalis. Animal Biology, 57(2), 247-259. https://doi.org/10.1163/157075607780377983

Nakadera, Y. & Koene, J. M. (2013). Reproductive strategies in hermaphroditic gastropods: Conceptual and empirical approaches. Canadian Journal of Zoology, 91(6), 367-381. https://doi.org/10.1139/cjz-2012-0272

Ng, T. P. T., & Williams, G. A. (2014). Size-dependent male mate preference and its association with size-assortative mating in a mangrove snail, Littoraria ardouiniana. Ethology, 120(10), 995-1002. https://doi.org/10.1111/eth.12271

Saltin, S. H., Schade, H., & Johannesson, K. (2013). Preference of males for large females causes a partial mating barrier between a large and a small ecotype of Littorina fabalis (W. Turton, 1825). Journal of Molluscan Studies, 79(2), 128-132. https://doi.org/10.1093/mollus/eyt003

Yu, T. L. & Wang, L. M. (2013). Mate choice and mechanical constraint on size-assortative pairing success in a simultaneous hermaphroditic pond snail Radix lagotis (Gastropoda: Pulmonata) on the Tibetan Plateau. Ethology, 119(9), 738-744. https://doi.org/10.1111/eth.12114
Date
12/01/2021
Category
Reproductive Behaviour & Parental Care
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