Summary (I). Gastropods use chemoreception for a wide variety of behaviours including
feeding, homing, escape from predators and a variety of social and reproductive behaviours …

Snails are highly unusual among multicellular animals in that they move on a layer of costly
mucus, leaving behind a trail that can be followed and utilized for various purposes by …

Molluscs comprise the second largest phylum of animals (after arthropods), occurring in
virtually all habitats. Some are commercially important, a few are pests and some carry …

In recent years slugs have become increasingly important, partly because several species
are agricultural and horticultural pests and partly because theyhave proved to be useful …

This book presents a thorough scholarly review of gastropod neurobiology presenting what
is known about identified nerve cells, neural circuits, and behavior. Aplysia has been a …

13 Behavioural Ecology: On Doing the Right Thing, in the Right Place at the Right Time Page
1 Behavioural Ecology A. Cook 13 Behavioural Ecology: On Doing the Right Thing, in the …

The anatomical organization of the olfactory system of terrestrial snails and slugs is
described in this paper, primarily on the basis of experiments using the African snail …

Land mollusks are one of the most destructive agricultural pests worldwide, the
management of which depends on synthetic molluscicides. However, many of these …

The 'living fossil'Nautilus pompilius is thought to use olfaction as its primary sensory system
during foraging, yet neither the organs responsible for olfaction nor the mechanisms or …

Among gastropod molluscs the chemical senses are most important for location of distant
objects. They are used in food finding, locating mates, avoiding predators, trail following …