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Egyptian Journal of Biological Pest Control, 2022 Background The investigation aimed to show the effect of two concentrations of (Protecto 9.4%) commercial formulation of Bacillus thuringiensis kurstaki (Bt) on some biochemical changes of the land snail Monacha cartusiana at three different experimental
Omhashim Abdelazeim Gaber +5 more
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The type of forest edge shapes snail assemblages at forest–pasture transitions
Scientific Reports, 2023 Semi-natural, nutrient-poor calcareous grasslands are local biodiversity hotspots that are increasingly threatened by land use intensification, abandonment, or indirect effects from adjacent habitats.
Dénes Schmera +2 more
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The protein and volatile components of trail mucus in the Common Garden Snail, Cornu aspersum.
PLoS ONE, 2021 The Common or Brown Garden Snail, Cornu aspersum, is an invasive land snail that has successfully colonized a diverse range of global environments. Like other invasive land snails, it is a significant pest of a variety of agricultural crops, including ...
Kaylene R Ballard +4 more
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, 2022 A survey conducted during the years 2019 and 2021 in Phaselis found 22 species of snails and one species of semi-slug. The most abundant taxa were Albinaria lycica phaselis, Metafruticicola schuberti, Orculella ignorata and Rumina saharica. The scarcity of larger snails (Cornu, Eobania and Zonites species) was noteworthy. The anatomy of a specimen of M.
ÖRSTAN, Aydın, YILDIRIM, M. Zeki
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Toward an Ethnoarchaeomalacology of Achatina in East Africa
Ethnobiology Letters, 2017 Land snail shell is a material commonly identified in the Late Holocene archaeological record of eastern Africa. Typically, archaeologists designate land snail shell as a natural occurrence or as debris produced from human subsistence.
Jonathan Walz
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Composites Part C: Open Access, 2023 This experimental research focuses on the nanostructure analysis of three materials; polyether ether ketone (PEEK), African land giant snail shell (ALGSS), and sea snail shell (SSS) powder, for the formation of hydroxyapatite (HA) coatings in bone ...
Agbor A. Esoso +4 more
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BMC Research Notes, 2021 Snails secrete different types of mucus that serve several functions, and are increasingly being exploited for medical and cosmetic applications. In this study, we explored the protein pattern and compared the biological properties of the mucus secreted ...
Nattaphop Noothuan +3 more
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ZooKeys, 2018 This paper presents the first land snail species checklist for Gunung Kuang (Kuang Hill), a limestone hill located next to Gunung Kanthan that is recognised as one of the most important limestone hills for its diverse land snail fauna in Kinta Valley ...
Chee-Chean Phung +3 more
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The land snails (Mollusca, Gastropoda) of Kea island (Aegean, Greece) [PDF]
Biodiversity Data Journal, 2022 Kea is the westernmost island of the Cyclades and is located between Syros and Attica, in central Greece. In this work, we have resampled the island after 43 years – i.e.
Leonidas Maroulis +5 more
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On the verge of extinction – revision of a highly endangered Swiss alpine snail with description of a new genus, Raeticella gen. nov. (Gastropoda, Eupulmonata, Hygromiidae) [PDF]
ZooKeys, 2022 The phylogenetic status of the alpine land snail Fruticicola biconica has remained questionable since it was described by Eder in 1917. Considered a microendemic species from mountain tops in Central Switzerland, the shell is specially adapted for life ...
Jeannette Kneubühler +2 more
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