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Physa acuta Draparnaud, 1805 (Gastropoda: Physidae): a study of topotypic specimens [PDF]
Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, 2003 A description is given of Physa acuta Draparnaud, 1805, based on topotypic specimens from the Garonne river basin, and additional samples from the environs of the French cities of Montpellier and Perpignan.
W Lobato Paraense, Jean-Pierre Pointier
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Morphological and molecular identification of the invasive freshwater snail Physa acuta (Gastropoda: Physidae) into Llanquihue Lake, Chilean Patagonia [PDF]
Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências, 2020 The sewage snail Physa acuta, native to North America, is an effective invasive species around the world. In Chile, it was first reported in 2014 in the north central area of the country.
GONZALO A. COLLADO +5 more
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The evolution of reproductive isolation in a simultaneous hermaphrodite, the freshwater snail
BMC Evolutionary Biology, 2011 Background The cosmopolitan freshwater snail Physa acuta has recently found widespread use as a model organism for the study of mating systems and reproductive allocation.
Lydeard Charles +2 more
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Revista Ambiente & Água, 2012 The genus Physa are among the most common and widespread fresh-water snails and are frequently associated with the genus Lymnaea and Biomphalaria, typically occupying the same habitat and being hosts of trematodes that can cause disease in humans ...
Aloysio da Silva Ferrão Filho +2 more
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Revista de Saúde Pública, 1991 Utilizando-se um artefato de vidro composto de duas câmaras unidas por um canal, testamos a atração miraxonal exercida por Biomphalaria straminea, Lymnaea columella e Physa sp, sobre larvas de Schistosoma mansoni da linhagem BH.
Luiz A. Magalhães +3 more
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Movement alterations of Physa gyrina when parasitized.
, 2004 Physa gyrina are a common freshwater snail that serves as the intermediate host for many digenetic trematode parasites. For this study, Physa gyrina were collected from Alanson Ditch, Emmet County, Michigan, and put into a light box so that infected ...
Herstein, Richard J.
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Brazilian Journal of Biology, 2021 Physids belong to Class Gastropoda; belong to Phylum Mollusca and being bioindicators, intermediate hosts of parasites and pests hold a key position in the ecosystem. There are three species of Genus Physa i.e. P. fontinalis, Physa acuta and P.
B. Ansari +14 more
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Animal Biodiversity and Conservation, 2023 Invasive species can produce negative effects on native species. We studied the densities of Physa acuta and Potamopyrgus antipodarum, two invasive freshwater snails in Chile, and analyzed the relationship between environmental parameters and the ...
G. A. Collado +2 more
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Molluscicidal activities of green-synthesized Alstonia congensis silver nanoparticles
Asian Pacific Journal of Tropical Biomedicine, 2023 Objective: To evaluate the efficacy of Alstonia congensis green-synthesized nanoparticles as a molluscicide against snail hosts of trematodes. Methods: The ethanolic leaf extract of Alstonia congensis was used to synthesize silver nanoparticles.
Oyetunde T Oyeyemi +4 more
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Vodní měkkýši přírodních rezervací Žabakor, Podtrosecká údolí a Údolí Plakánek v CHKO Český ráj [PDF]
Malacologica Bohemoslovaca, 2022 Aquatic molluscs of three extensive nature reserves (Žabakor, Podtrosecká údolí, Údolí Plakánek) in the Český ráj Protected Landscape Area (northern Bohemia) were studied in 2019.
Luboš Beran, Vendula Beranová
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