Species: Lymnaea stagnalis (Linnaeus, 1758)    Gastropoda

Preparation Type: whole mount

Prepared: L.P. Nezlin, E.E. Voronezhskaya

Description: Solitary larva, lateral view.

Method: acetylated alpha-tubulin, serotonin

Method Description: The method is described in: Voronezhskaya, E.E. and Elekes, K. (1993). Distribution of serotoninlike immunoreactive neurones in the embryonic nervous system of lymnaeid and planorbid snails. Neurobiology (Bp), 1, 371–383.

Institution: A.V. Zhirmunsky Institute of Marine Biology of the Far Eastern Branch RAS

Description: Serotonin antidody marks nervous elements. Neurons within cerebral and pedal ganglia are visible as well as innervation of mantle complex and foot in Lymnaea veliger.

Organs: larval nervous system

Methods: Immunohistochemistry - serotonin,
Immunohistochemistry - acetylated alpha-tubulin