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Mating of gastropods
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The mating of gastropods is a vast and varied topic, because the taxonomic class Gastropoda is very large and diverse, a group comprising sea snails and sea slugs, freshwater snails and land snails an
Mating Cornu aspersum garden snails
Mating Cornu aspersum garden snails
A mating pair of Arion vulgaris; each partner has everted a part of the oviduct, whilst spermatophores are being exchanged internally
A mating pair of Arion vulgaris; each partner has everted a part of the oviduct, whilst spermatophores are being exchanged internally
The nudibranch sea slug Nembrotha rutilans, a mating pair
The nudibranch sea slug Nembrotha rutilans, a mating pair
Deroceras panormitanum leaving behind a mucus trail.
Deroceras panormitanum leaving behind a mucus trail.
Love dart
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A love dart is a sharp, calcareous or chitinous dart which some hermaphroditic land snails and slugs create. Love darts are both formed and stored internally in a dart sac. These darts are made in sex
Mating of gastropods
…of it, or to increase egg fertilisation and laying using the donated sperm. For more information on one use of this kind of hormone, see the article love dart. Species differ in the way stroking occurs and the duration of stroking, but all species get progressively closer during courtship and stroking intensity…
SEM image of lateral view of a love dart of the land snail Monachoides vicinus. The scale bar is 500 μm (0.5 mm).
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 snail Helix pomatia. 1 = flared base of the dart. 2 = position of the inner cavity. 3 = longitudin
Drawing showing a side view of the love dart of the 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 comparison, showing its length of 7 mm (0.28 in).
A love dart from Cornu aspersum (garden snail) on a ruler for comparison, showing its length of 7 mm (0.28 in).
Courting Cornu aspersum snails in Ireland; the one on the right has a fired love dart embedded in its body.
Courting Cornu aspersum snails in Ireland; the one on the right has a fired love dart embedded in its body.