AGE DETERMINATION OF ARIANTA ARBUSTORUM (L.) (PULMONATA) BASED ON GROWTH BREAKS AND INNER LAYERS [PDF]
The pulmonate snail Arianta arbustorum from the Swiss Alps was aged using thin sections of the shell margins cut from marked individuals.
RABOUD, CHRISTIAN
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Health and sustainability: The nutritional value of snail meat
The increasing popularity of snail meat prompts research of the nutritional benefits of consuming Helix aspersa maxima cultivated in Bulgaria. With a high protein content and remarkably low fat content, snail meat is well-suited for the inclusion in ...
Mihail Garkov, Kremena Nikovska
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RAEA-Heliciculture: mechanism of conservation and rural development in Andalusia [PDF]
The fast growth system is a snail rearing method with a high degree of technification. Actually, the experimental evaluation of the system is being developed by an Andalusian Network of Agrarian Research (RAEA-Heliciculture) on commercial farms.
Acero de la Cruz, Raquel +6 more
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Partial precopulatory isolation between two geographically distant populations of the land snail Arianta arbustorum (L.) [PDF]
Different mechanisms of reproductive isolation were examined in the simultaneously hermaphroditic land snail Arianta arbustorum. Snails from two geographically isolated populations in the Swiss Alps were allowed to copulate with both a homotypic ...
Baur, Bruno, Kupfernagel, Sandra
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SIZE-ASSORTATIVE MATING IN A NATURAL POPULATION OF VIVIPARUS ATER (GASTROPODA: PROSOBRANCHIA) IN LAKE ZÜRICH, SWITZERLAND [PDF]
The number of mating pairs, the size of the mating partners, and the distribution of individuals of Vivi-parus ater on a grid in Lake Zürich were recorded during one breeding season in 1990.
RIBI, G., STAUB, R.
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A new species of Lysinoe (Gastropoda: Helicoidea) from the Oligocene of Mexico
In her 1945 study on the Tertiary fossil mollusks of northeastern Mexico, Gardner listed only 2 taxa of land snails: Holospira eva Gardner, 1945 and “Helix” sp.
Rodrigo B. Salvador
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Phenotypic evolution and hidden speciation in Candidula unifasciata ssp. (Helicellinae, Gastropoda) inferred by 16S variation and quantitative shell traits [PDF]
In an effort to link quantitative morphometric information with molecular data on the population level, we have analysed 19 populations of the conchologically variable land snail Candidula unifasciata from across the species range for variation in ...
Magnin, Frédéric, Pfenninger, Markus
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Влияние осмотической нагрузки на морфологические параметры гемоцитов двустворчатых моллюсков [PDF]
Исследованы реакции гемоцитов некоторых представителей двыстворчатых моллюсков на осмотическую нагрузку. Осуществлено определение морфометрических показателей гемоцитов, инкубированных в растворах разной осмотичности.
Нгуен Тхи Ле На
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The intestinal microbiota of the edible snails Cornu aspersum fSyn: H. aspersa), and Helix pomatia were investigated by culture-based methods, 16S rRNA sequence analyses and phenotypic characterisations.
MAR YVONNE CHARRIER +4 more
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