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Age structure and growth rate of Aegopinella epipedostoma (Fagot, 1879) (Gastropoda: Pulmonata: Zonitidae)
 
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Department of Zoology and Ecology, Agricultural University, Wrocław, Poland
 
 
Submission date: 2005-12-15
 
 
Acceptance date: 2006-02-20
 
 
Publication date: 2020-07-02
 
 
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Elżbieta Kuźnik-Kowalska   

Department of Zoology and Ecology, Agricultural University, Kożuchowska 5b, 51-637 Wrocław, Poland
 
 
Folia Malacol. 2006;14(2):71-74
 
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Growth rate and age structure of Ae. epipedostoma (Fagot) were studied based on monthly samples from a population in Muszkowice (SW. Poland). The life cycle is probably a three-year cycle: juveniles hatch from July till September, and winter over at a size of 2.6–3.5 whorls. The growth rate is ca. 0.5 whorl/month. In their second season, the snails resume growth in spring to reach 4 whorls in May–July; they reproduce in the same season and at least some of them winter over again.
 
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