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Molecular phylogeny of the marine snail genus Haminoea (Gastropoda, Cephalaspidea): A framework to study marine diversity and speciation [PDF]

Zoologica Scripta, Volume 53, Issue 1, Page 52-77, January 2024., 2023
Abstract Haminoea are herbivorous, coastal snails occurring in temperate and tropical waters of the Atlantic and Eastern Pacific oceans, with one species present in temperate South Africa (Indian Ocean). The genus is taxonomically difficult as several available nominal species were introduced based on shell descriptions alone, or described based on ...
Martina Turani, Ángel Valdés, Manuel António E. Malaquias   +2 more
wiley   +6 more sources

Elemental composition and material properties of radular teeth in the heterobranch snail Gastropteron rubrum (Mollusca, Gastropoda, Cephalaspidea) foraging on hard organisms [PDF]

Ecology and Evolution, Volume 13, Issue 8, August 2023., 2023
Mollusks possess highly adapted radular teeth that allows them to forage on their preferred food. We here investigated the teeth of a colorful sea slug that feeds on hard Foraminifera and Porifera. Teeth contained high content of silica to reduce abrasion.
Wencke Krings, Charlotte Neumann, Stanislav N. Gorb, Alexander Koehnsen, Heike Wägele   +4 more
wiley   +2 more sources

Use of axonal projection patterns for the homologisation of cerebral nerves in Opisthobranchia, Mollusca and Gastropoda. [PDF]

Front Zool, 2013
Introduction: Gastropoda are guided by several sensory organs in the head region, referred to as cephalic sensory organs (CSOs). These CSOs are innervated by distinct nerves.
Klussmann-Kolb A, Croll RP, Staubach S.
europepmc   +3 more sources

A bioturbation classification of European marine infaunal invertebrates. [PDF]

Ecol Evol, 2013
Bioturbation, the biogenic modification of sediments through particle reworking and burrow ventilation, is a key mediator of many important geochemical processes in marine systems.
Queirós AM, Birchenough SN, Bremner J, Godbold JA, Parker RE, Romero-Ramirez A, Reiss H, Solan M, Somerfield PJ, Van Colen C, Van Hoey G, Widdicombe S.   +11 more
europepmc   +6 more sources

New mitogenomes of Runcinidae and Facelinidae: two understudied heterobranch families (Mollusca: Gastropoda). [PDF]

Mitochondrial DNA B Resour
Here, we present the mitochondrial sequences of two sea slugs (Heterobranchia): Runcina aurata and Facelina auriculata, the latter being the type species of the family.
Galià-Camps C, Araujo AK, Carmona L, Martín-Hervás MDR, Pola M, Palero F, Cervera JL.   +6 more
europepmc   +4 more sources

Opisthobranchia (Mollusca, Gastropoda) - more than just slimy slugs. Shell reduction and its implications on defence and foraging. [PDF]

Front Zool, 2005
BACKGROUND: In general shell-less slugs are considered to be slimy animals with a rather dull appearance and a pest to garden plants. But marine slugs usually are beautifully coloured animals belonging to the less-known Opisthobranchia.
Wägele H, Klussmann-Kolb A.
europepmc   +4 more sources

On the origin of Acochlidia and other enigmatic euthyneuran gastropods, with implications for the systematics of Heterobranchia. [PDF]

BMC Evol Biol, 2010
Background A robust phylogenetic hypothesis of euthyneuran gastropods, as a basis to reconstructing their evolutionary history, is still hindered by several groups of aberrant, more or less worm-like slugs with unclear phylogenetic relationships.
Jörger KM, Stöger I, Kano Y, Fukuda H, Knebelsberger T, Schrödl M.   +5 more
europepmc   +5 more sources

From sea to land and beyond--new insights into the evolution of euthyneuran Gastropoda (Mollusca). [PDF]

BMC Evol Biol, 2008
Background The Euthyneura are considered to be the most successful and diverse group of Gastropoda. Phylogenetically, they are riven with controversy.
Klussmann-Kolb A, Dinapoli A, Kuhn K, Streit B, Albrecht C.   +4 more
europepmc   +3 more sources

Ringiculid bubble snails recovered as the sister group to sea slugs (Nudipleura). [PDF]

Sci Rep, 2016
Euthyneuran gastropods represent one of the most diverse lineages in Mollusca (with over 30,000 species), play significant ecological roles in aquatic and terrestrial environments and affect many aspects of human life. However, our understanding of their
Kano Y, Brenzinger B, Nützel A, Wilson NG, Schrödl M.   +4 more
europepmc   +3 more sources

Citizen scientists contributing to alien species detection: the case of fishes and mollusks in European marine waters

Ecosphere, Volume 13, Issue 1, January 2022., 2022
Abstract Citizen science (CS) expands the spatial and temporal scale of alien species records. As such, it has been recognized as a complementary tool in alien species management and large‐scale biodiversity conservation. The present study assessed the contribution of CS to the recording of marine alien fishes and mollusks in European marine waters by ...
Vasiliki Kousteni, Konstantinos Tsiamis, Eugenio Gervasini, Argyro Zenetos, Paraskevi K. Karachle, Ana Cristina Cardoso   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source