<em>Crepidula marginalis</em> (IMAGE)

Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute

<em>Crepidula marginalis</em>

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Contact, rather than chemical signals released into the water, induces sex change in slipper snails, <em>Crepidula marginalis</em>, shown here in their natural, intertidal habitat.

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Rachel Collin, STRI

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