On the effect specificity of accessory gland products transferred by the love-dart of land snails [PDF]
BMC Evol Biol, 2016 Background: Sexual selection favours the evolution of male bioactive substances transferred during mating to enhance male reproductive success by affecting female physiology. These effects are mainly well documented for separate-sexed species.
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Historical biogeography of the land snail Cornu aspersum: new insights into the scenario inferred from haplotype distribution in both Europe and North Africa. [PDF]
BMC Evol Biol, 2010 International audienceBackground: Despite its key location between the rest of the continent and Europe, research on the phylogeography of north African species remains very limited compared to European and North American taxa.
Guiller, Annie, Madec, Luc
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Parallel changes in genital morphology delineate cryptic diversification of planktonic nudibranchs [PDF]
Proc Biol Sci, 2013 The relative roles of geographical and non-geographical barriers in the genesis of genetic isolation are highly debated in evolutionary biology, yet knowing how speciation occurs is essential to our understanding of biodiversity.
Alejandrino, Alvin +3 more
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Supplemental Information 1: DNA sequences of Biomphalaria peregrina from the Pinturas River in GenBank format [PDF]
PeerJ, 2017 Altschul +92 more
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New data on Siciliaria septemplicata (R.A. Philippi, 1836) complex (Gastropoda Clausiliidae) from the surroundings of Palermo (NW-Sicily, Italy) [PDF]
, 2023 Siciliaria septemplicata (R.A. Philippi, 1836) (Gastropoda Clausiliidae) endemic from northwestern Sicily (Italy) is revised, using shell and genital characters.
Liberto, Fabio +4 more
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What does the freshwater clam, Corbicula largillierti, have to tell us about chlorothalonil effects? [PDF]
, 2021 Chlorothalonil (CLT) is a broad spectrum, and non-systemic fungicide applied in foliar structures to prevent and treat pathogens. This compound reaches to aquatic environments and affects the biota.
Albá, M. L. +7 more
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Revision of Dadagulella gen. nov., the “Gulella radius group” (Gastropoda: Streptaxidae) of the eastern Afrotropics, including six new species and three new subspecies [PDF]
, 2013 The genus Dadagulella gen. nov. is described to include 16 species of small, dentate, ovateacuminate Afrotropical snails. An identification key is provided and biogeography, anatomy and systematics are discussed. The type species is the Kenyan D. radius (
Rowson, Ben, Tattersfield, Peter
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The family Plectopylidae (Gastropoda, Pulmonata) in Laos with the description of two new genera and a new species [PDF]
, 2016 Previously only a single plectopylid species, Helix laomontana L. Pfeiffer, 1862 was reported from Laos. Here we erect Naggsia Páll-Gergely & Muratov, gen. n. for H. laomontana based on the description of its reproductive anatomy and radula.
Asami, Takahiro +2 more
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Sobre la presència d’Otala xanthodon (Anton, 1838) (Gastropoda: Helicidae) a la península Ibèrica [PDF]
, 2021 In this article, the first known established population of Otala xanthodon (Helicidae) is given for the Iberian Peninsula. Some few thousands of live specimens were found at the Sierra de Callosa de Segura mountain system (Baix Segura, Alicante ...
López Soriano, Joaquín +3 more
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On some Opisthobranchs from Cananéia, Brazil [PDF]
, 1970 Dez espécies de Cananéia e uma de Ubatuba foram colecionadas. Duas das espécies são novas para a ciência: Coryphella verta e Catriona oba. Elysia serca é comparada com E. clena Marcus (1970, p. 49).
Marcus, Eveline d. B. -R.
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