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Freshwater Malacological Fauna of the Ruzizi Plain, Democratic Republic of the Congo: Biodiversity and Outbreaks of Schistosomiasis [PDF]

Journal of Advances in Environmental Health Research, 2023
Background: In the Ruzizi plain, intestinal schistosomiasis, caused by Schistosoma mansoni and transmitted by Biomphalaria pfeifferi, remains a significant public health challenge.
Ekyamba Shabani
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The invasive snail Melanoides tuberculata in Argentina and Paraguay

Limnologica, 2011
AbstractThis article reviews the spread and current distribution of the invasive snail Melanoides tuberculata in Argentina and Paraguay based on data from specimens deposited in museums, published reports and field collections. Field collections were made between April 1999 and May 2010.
Peso, Juana Guadalupe, Pérez, Diego C., Vogler, Roberto Eugenio   +2 more
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Influence of intracellular toxin concentrations on cylindrospermopsin bioaccumulation in a freshwater gastropod (Melanoides tuberculata) [PDF]

Toxicon, 2006
Scant information is available regarding the bioaccumulation of cylindrospermopsin (CYN) in aquatic organisms, particularly in invertebrates. This study examined toxin bioconcentration and bioaccumulation in the aquatic snail, Melanoides tuberculata, following exposure to freeze-thawed whole cell extracts and a live Cylindrospermopsis raciborskii ...
White, Susan H., Duivenvoorden, L. J., Fabbro, L. D., Eaglesham, G. K.   +3 more
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eDNA for detection of five highly invasive molluscs. A case study in urban rivers from the Iberian Peninsula.

PLoS ONE, 2017
Biological invasions are an important threat to biodiversity especially in aquatic ecosystems, and their frequency is generally higher near urban areas.
Laura Clusa, Laura Miralles, Ana Basanta, Carmelo Escot, Eva García-Vázquez   +4 more
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INVASION OF THE THIARID SNAIL Melanoides tuberculata (MOLLUSCA) IN A CONSERVATION AREA OF THE SEMIARID REGION OF BRAZIL

Environmental Smoke, 2023
This paper records the invasive gastropod Melanoides tuberculata in a limnetic ecosystem located in integral protection area in the semiarid region of the state of Paraíba in northeast Brazil.
Evandro Cosmo Tomaz Abreu, Silvio Felipe Barbosa Lima, Jéssica Prata, Igor Christo Miyahira, Marcelo Fulgêncio Guedes Brito, J. Weverton S. Souza, João Hermínio da Silva   +6 more
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Melanoides tuberculata

Melanoides aff. tuberculata (Fig. 6 A-G) MATERIAL EXAMINED. — Taiwan • 8 specimens; Shuiniukeng (= Water Buffalo Valley), New Taipei City; Tananwan Formation; Early Pleistocene, Calabrian; ASIZF0100913 - ASIZF0100919, ASIZF0100940. DESCRIPTION Shell turriculate, thick, elongated, with HSh being greater than twice of WSh.
Hsu, Chia-Hsin, Osipova, Diana, Lin, Chien-Hsiang   +2 more
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A Freshwater Prosobranch, Melanoides tuberculata, in a Hydrogen Sulphide Stream

Journal of Conchology, 1995
(Uploaded by Plazi from the Biodiversity Heritage Library) No abstract provided.
Heller, J., Ehrlich, S.
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Interaction between the Intermediate Host of Schistosomiasis in Brazil Biomphalaria glabrata (Planorbidae) and a Possible Competitor Melanoides tuberculata (Thiaridae): I. Laboratory Experiments

Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, 2002
The biological control of Biomphalaria glabrata, intermediate host of Schistosoma mansoni, is one the accepted options to fight schistosomiasis. One of the most promising candidates to control B.
Alexandre Giovanelli, Marcus Vinícius Vieira, Cesar Luiz Pinto Ayres Coelho da Silva   +2 more
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Freshwater Gastropoda in Diyala River: A Study on Diversity, Distribution, and Environmental Variation

Proceedings of the International Conference on Applied Innovations in IT
This field study investigated the diversity, spatiotemporal distribution, and environmental relations of freshwater gastropods in the Diyala River (Iraq). Monthly surveys were conducted from September 2024 to March 2025 at three stream sites (Mahroot, Al-
Nabaa Rashid Azeez, Khansaa S. Farman
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Assessing the Conservation Status, Drivers of Threat and Available Occurrence Records of Sub‐Saharan African Freshwater Molluscs: Gaps and Patterns

African Journal of Ecology, Volume 64, Issue 6, August 2026.
ABSTRACT Freshwater molluscs are key bioindicators of ecosystem health, yet their conservation status and data coverage in sub‐Saharan Africa remain poorly understood. Mollusca is the third most evaluated phylum on the IUCN Red List in Africa, with 1394 species assessed (656 freshwater), of which 39.6% are Least Concern and 12% Critically Endangered ...
Marcel Kruger, Dewidine van der Colff, Wynand Malherbe   +2 more
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