abstract: The object of this investigation was to find out what significance the agglutinin Anti-AHP(Prokop et al., 1968a) has for the postembryonal development of Helix pomatia. 1. The agglutinin Anti-AHP, beside its significance as an immunobiological protection for the living egg, has a conserving and protective function for dead eggs. Dead eggs do not become in any way tainted nor do they rot. 2. A direct relation between Anti-AHPand the postembryonal development could not be found. The reaction disappears between the ninth and sixteenth day of live and does not reappear till the snails have a fully developed reproductive system. An indirect relation exists in so far as dead eggs strongly promote the growth of young snails which feed on them.
authors.affiliation: Erstes Zoologisches Institut der Universität Wien, Wien, Deutchsland.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kothbauer