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Austruca triangularis Handedness

Summary

Expected handedness for Austruca triangularis is 50% right-handed and 50% left-handed

Observed handedness (based on raw totals across all data sets) is 64.44% right-handed, 35.56% left-handed

The following figure displays the left and right counts for each individual data set.

handedness data for Austruca triangularis

Data

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ReferenceRight CountLeft CountRight %Left %Notes
Jones & George (1982)17110.6100.390Right/left counts derived from reported totals and proportions
Rosenberg (2000)110.5000.500
Yamaguchi (1994)1140.7330.267The "subspecies" were only listed in the details, not the primary table