A Freshwater Crab <i>Barusa guerini</i> (H. Milne Edwards, 1853) Feeding on the Land Snail <i>Macrochlamys pedina</i> (Benson, 1865) in Maharashtra, India
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Predation
land Snail
large arthropod

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Marathe, A. D., & Mahajan, S. S. (2024). A Freshwater Crab <i>Barusa guerini</i> (H. Milne Edwards, 1853) Feeding on the Land Snail <i>Macrochlamys pedina</i> (Benson, 1865) in Maharashtra, India. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society (JBNHS), 121. https://doi.org/10.17087/jbnhs/2024/v121/170658

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