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Prosobranch

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Pros´o`branch
n.1.(Zool.) One of the Prosobranchiata.


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The osphradium is considered to be the primary chemosensory organ of prosobranch mollusks because its leaf-like structure bears a strong resemblance to the nasal rosettes of aquatic vertebrates (Hansen and Reutter, 2004), and because its location at the base of the incurrent siphon maximizes exposure to odorants (Bailey and Laverack, 1966; Emory, 1992).
For example, the authors inferred that prosobranch snails have a functional estrogen receptor and therefore a much higher sensitivity to estrogens and endocrine-disrupting compounds (EDCs) than other species previously reported in the literature.
Trail following, speed and fractal dimension of movement in a marine prosobranch, Littorina littorea, during a mating and a nonmating season.
 
 
 
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