The complete mitochondrial genome of Melanoides tuberculata (Müller, 1774) in Guangdong, China [PDF]
Mitochondrial DNA. Part B. Resources, 2022 The Melanoides tuberculata is an invasive species, which is natively distributed in Africa and Southeast Asia. This study describes the first mitochondrial genome of the M. tuberculata based on the whole genome sequencing data.
Yu Ling +3 more
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DNA barcoding indicates multiple invasions of the freshwater snail Melanoides tuberculata sensu lato in Florida. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2023 Melanoides tuberculata sensu lato (Thiaridae) are polymorphic female-clonal snails of Asian and African origins that have invaded freshwaters worldwide, including those in Florida. Although the snails have been documented in Florida for at least 70 years,
Lori R Tolley-Jordan +2 more
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Fishborne Zoonotic Trematodes Transmitted by Melanoides tuberculata Snails, Peru [PDF]
Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2018 We investigated the transmission of the fishborne trematodes Centrocestus formosanus and Haplorchis pumilio by Melanoides tuberculata snails in Peru. We report on results of experimental, morphological, and molecular approaches and discuss the potential ...
Eduardo A. Pulido-Murillo +4 more
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Are Freshwater Snails, Melanoides sp. and Invasive Tarebia granifera (Gastropoda: Thiaridae) Suitable Intermediate Hosts for Calicophoron microbothrium (Trematoda: Paramphistomoidea)? An Experimental Study [PDF]
Frontiers in Veterinary Science, 2021 Prosobranch snails and adult Paramphistomoidea flukes were collected from water bodies and cattle abattoir located in Mpumalanga province of South Africa, respectively. The snails were identified based on morphological characters as well as the ITS-2 and
Mokgadi P. Malatji +4 more
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Toxicity of Metals to a Freshwater Snail, Melanoides tuberculata [PDF]
The Scientific World Journal, 2012 Adult freshwater snails Melanoides tuberculata (Gastropod, Thiaridae) were exposed for a four-day period in laboratory conditions to a range of copper (Cu), cadmium (Cd), zinc (Zn), lead (Pb), nickel (Ni), iron (Fe), aluminium (Al), and manganese (Mn ...
M. Shuhaimi-Othman +2 more
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Zoonotic Centrocestus formosanus (Digenea: Heterophyidae) infecting Melanoides tuberculata (Mollusca: Thiaridae) in Ecuador. Genetic characterization [PDF]
International Journal for Parasitology: Parasites and WildlifeWe report the first molecularly confirmed record of the zoonotic heterophyid trematode Centrocestus formosanus infecting the invasive freshwater snail Melanoides tuberculata in tropical coastal Ecuador. A total of 902 M.
Carlos Bastidas-Caldes +3 more
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Possible competitive displacement of planorbids by Melanoides tuberculata in Minas Gerais, Brazil
Memorias Do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, 2001 Several species of snails, including Pomacea haustrum, Marisa cornuarietis and Helisoma duryi, have been identified as probable competitors and/or predators of planorbid intermediate hosts of Schistosoma. During the last few years, studies carried out in
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Journal of Freshwater EcologyThe introduction of invasive mollusc to non-native habitats can have adverse impacts on native species. This successful introduction is facilitated by habitat degradation linked to human activities.
Idrissa Ouedraogo
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Established but not spreading: the tropical invasive snail Melanoides tuberculata in a geothermally warmed channel in temperate Southern Pampas [PDF]
Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências, 2023 Melanoides tuberculata is a freshwater snail native to Old World tropical areas but has invaded tropical and subtropical regions around the world. In Argentina, populations established in natural environments were reported from northeastern tropical ...
MARÍA E. SEUFFERT +8 more
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New record of the invasive snail Melanoides tuberculata (Gastropoda, Thiaridae) - Ceará State, Brazil [PDF]
Brazilian Journal of Biology, 2019 Melanoides tuberculata is a freshwater gastropod native to Africa and Asia, and currently presents distributed worldwide. The first record of Melanoides tuberculata in South America occurred in Brazil, in the city of Santos, state of São Paulo, in 1967 ...
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