Land snails (Mollusca: Gastropoda) of India: status, threats and conservation strategies [PDF]
Journal of Threatened Taxa, 2012 Land snails form an important component in the forest ecosystem. In terms of number of species, the phylum Mollusca, to which land snails belong, is the largest phylum after Arthropoda.
S. Sen, G. Ravikanth, N.A. Aravind
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Case report: Four cases of kidney disease in Giant African Land Snails (Lissachatina fulica) [PDF]
Frontiers in Veterinary Science, 2023 Giant African Land Snails like Lissachatina fulica have become increasingly popular as pets in Europe, but little is known yet about land snail diseases and their therapy.
Silvana Schmidt-Ukaj +3 more
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Exploring the predation of large land snails using preyed shell remains from rock anvil sites in a tropical limestone rainforest in Malaysia [PDF]
Biodiversity Data Journal, 2022 The study of prey-predator interactions between land snails and birds offers important insights into evolutionary and ecological relationships. Here, we report a case study of rock anvils presumably used by the birds Myophonus caeruleus and Enicurus ...
Siew-Yin Woo +2 more
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Toxic and Potentially Toxic Mineral Elements of Edible Gastropods Land Snails (Mediterranean Escargot) [PDF]
Toxics, 2023 The meat of snails can be considered a high-quality food for the human diet and demand is already increasing across Europe. Due to the bioaccumulation of trace elements in their tissues, land snails can be a significant tool also for environmental ...
Roberta Tardugno +7 more
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Public Health Risk of Foodborne Pathogens in Edible African Land Snails, Cameroon [PDF]
Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2022 In tropical countries, land snails are an important food source; however, foodborne disease risks are poorly quantified. We detected Campylobacter spp., Yersinia spp., Listeria spp., Salmonella spp., or Shiga-toxigenic Escherichia coli in 57%–86% of ...
Mary Nkongho Tanyitiku +4 more
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Survival of Escherichia coli in Edible Land Snails: Implications for Heliciculture and Public Health [PDF]
PathogensBackground: Land snails are considered a delicacy in many countries in Europe and sub-Saharan Africa. However, the interaction of microbial pathogens with land snails may present a public health threat when handling and/or consuming snails.
Mary Nkongho Tanyitiku +4 more
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Occurrence of Rhabditid Nematodes in the Pet Giant African Land Snails (Achatina fulica) [PDF]
Frontiers in Veterinary Science, 2019 Gastropods comprise nearly 60,000 species of aquatic as well as terrestrial mollusks, primarily snails and slugs. The giant African land snail (Achatina fulica) is one of the most popular pet snails worldwide.
Dario d'Ovidio +3 more
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Land snails and slugs of Bau limestone hills, Sarawak (Malaysia, Borneo), with the descriptions of 13 new species [PDF]
ZooKeys, 2021 This study presents a list of land snails and slugs found on limestone hills in the District of Bau, the state of Sarawak in Malaysian Borneo. Systematic and random sampling for land snails was conducted at eight limestone outcrops, namely, Gunung ...
Mohammad Effendi bin Marzuki +2 more
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PLoS ONE, 2021 The management of ecosystem has been a major contributor to the control of diseases that are transmitted by snail intermediate hosts. The ability of freshwater snails to self-fertilize, giving rise to thousands of hatchlings, enables them to contribute ...
Opeyemi G Oso, Alex B Odaibo
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Immersion anaesthesia with ethanol in African giant land snails (Acathina fulica) [PDF]
Heliyon, 2019 Giant African land snails (Achatina fulica) are becoming increasingly popular pets and may be anaesthetised to allow diagnostics and surgical procedures.
Dario d’Ovidio +3 more
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