The Slugs of Florida (Gastropoda: Pulmonata)
This document is EENY-087 (originally published as DPI Entomology Circular No. 197), one of a series of Featured Creatures from the Entomology and Nematology Department, Florida Cooperative Extension Service, Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences,
Lionel A. Stange
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Estivação de Biomphalaria tenagophila (Pulmonata, Planorbidae) Aestivation in Biomphalaria tenagophila (Pulmonata, Planorbidae) [PDF]
É relatado o encontro de Biomphalaria tenagophila estivada, em dois municípios do Estado de São Paulo (Brasil): Ubatuba e Conchas. Essa característica etológica foi percebida em 15 exemplares coletados em Ubatuba e 6 em Conchas.
Horacio Manuel Santana Teles+1 more
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Slugs (of Florida) (Gastropoda: Pulmonata)
Florida has a depauparate slug fauna, having only three native species which belong to three different families. Eleven species of exotic slugs have been intercepted by USDA and DPI quarantine inspectors, but only one is known to be established.
Lionel A. Stange, Jane E. Deisler
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Terpenoids in Marine Heterobranch Molluscs [PDF]
Heterobranch molluscs are rich in natural products. As other marine organisms, these gastropods are still quite unexplored, but they provide a stunning arsenal of compounds with interesting activities.
Conxita Avila
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Physa cubensis Pfeiffer, 1839 (Pulmonata: Physidae) [PDF]
A description of Physa cubensis Pfeiffer, 1839, based on 15 speciments collected in Havana, Cuba, is presented. The shell, measuring 9.0 x 4,8mm to 12.3 x 6.4mm, is ovate-oblong, thin, diaphanous, horncolored, shining.
W. Lobato Paraense
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Physa Marmorata Guilding, 1828 (Pulmonata: Physidae) [PDF]
A description of Physa marmorata Guilding, 1828, based on material collected at its type-locality, the Caribbean island of Saint Vincent, is presented. The shell is thin, horn-colored, surface very glossy, diaphanous.
W. Lobato Paraense
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Hemocytes of mollusc Biomphalaria glabrata (Gastropoda, Pulmonata)
We studied hemocytes of Biomphalaria glabrata with the use of light and transmission microscopy and flow cytometry with LysoTracker and SYTO62. These specific fluorescent dyes make it possible to distinguish cells differing in the amount of lysosomes and
E E Prokhorova+3 more
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Notas sobre Polydontes imperator (Mollusca: Pulmonata: Camaenidae)
Se hicieron observaciones en una población de Polydontes imperator en Velete, localidad ubicada en las cercanías del río Yumurí, en Baracoa, Guantánamo, Cuba. Se registró una densidad poblacional de 0.15 ind/m2.
Alexis Suárez Torres
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The first record of carnivorous semislug Testacella haliotidea Draparnaud, 1801 in Czechia [PDF]
The carnivorous semi-slug Testacella haliotidea (Gastropoda, Pulmonata, Testacellidae) was recorded for the first time in Czechia, Prague. One adult specimen was found in the garden, probably originating from seedlings in the horticulture centre.
Štěpánka Podroužková
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Observations on the breeding habits, shell development, decollation, and reproductive anatomy of Pontophaedusa funiculum (Mousson 1856) (Gastropoda, Pulmonata, Clausiliidae, Phaedusinae) [PDF]
The internal and external egg morphology, shell development, decollation process, mating behaviour and reproductive anatomy (genital structure, inner structure of the penis, fine structure of the retractor muscle and the spermatophore) of the clausiliid ...
Barna Páll-Gergely, László Németh
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