Terrestrial molluscs of Pemba Island, Zanzibar, Tanzania, and its status as an “oceanic” island [PDF]
ZooKeys, 2010 Pemba is thought to have had a longer and/or stronger history of isolation than its better-known counterpart, Unguja. The extent to which the biota support this hypothesis of greater oceanicity have been debated. Here, Pemba’s terrestrial mollusc (&
Ben Rowson +2 more
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Molecular phylogenetic analysis of Pulmonata (Mollusca: Gastropoda) on the basis of Histone-3 gene
Beni-Suef University Journal of Basic and Applied Sciences, 2019 Background In the present study, phylogenetic relationships within Heterobranchia in particular to Pulmonata were evaluated by means of Histone-3 (H3) gene sequence information.
Vijaya Sai Ayyagari
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Revisión taxonómica de Helix zapateri Hidalgo, 1870 (Pulmonata, Trissexodontidae) y su nuevo estatus en la malacofauna ibérica [PDF]
Animal Biodiversity and Conservation, 2008 Taxonomical revision of Helix zapateri Hidalgo, 1870 (Pulmonata, Trissexodontidae) and its new status in the Iberian malacofauna A taxonomic revision is made and the new generic assignation of the Iberian taxon Helix zapateri is discussed; its ...
Martínez-Ortí, A. +2 more
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The first record of carnivorous semislug Testacella haliotidea Draparnaud, 1801 in Czechia [PDF]
Malacologica Bohemoslovaca, 2022 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]
Malacologica Bohemoslovaca, 2008 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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The Girdled Snail Hygromia cinctella (Draparnaud, 1801) new to the Czech Republic [PDF]
Malacologica Bohemoslovaca, 2011 The Girdled Snail (Hygromia cinctella (Gastropoda: Pulmonata: Hygromiidae)) is recorded for the first time in the Czech Republic in Prague-Holešovice. Its occurrence in the Czech Republic has been expected since this terrestrial snail has been dispersing
Dagmar Říhová, Lucie Juřičková
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Land snail fauna of the Humosu Secular Forest (Suceava County, Romania); a new locality of Serrulina serrulata (L. Pfeiffer, 1847) (Gastropoda: Pulmonata: Clausiliidae) [PDF]
Malacologica Bohemoslovaca, 2011 The paper reports faunistic data on the land snail fauna of the protected beech forest reserve of Fagetul Secular Humosu (Suceava County, Romania). We found several species with Carpathian distribution, and the study area is probably the easternmost ...
Barna Páll-Gergely +1 more
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The complete mitochondrial genome of Galba pervia (Gastropoda: Mollusca), an intermediate host snail of Fasciola spp. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2012 Complete mitochondrial (mt) genomes and the gene rearrangements are increasingly used as molecular markers for investigating phylogenetic relationships.
Guo-Hua Liu +9 more
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Seasonal variation and patterns in the land snail community along a fine-scale humidity gradient in an Atlantic Rainforest remnant, Southeastern Brazil [PDF]
Brazilian Journal of BiologyIn this study, we provide the first data regarding seasonal variation and patterns along a fine-scale humidity gradient on the land snail community, including parameters such as richness and abundance, in the Sooretama Biological Reserve, Espírito Santo,
R. A. Esteves +2 more
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Revision of Dadagulella gen. nov., the “Gulella radius group” (Gastropoda: Streptaxidae) of the eastern Afrotropics, including six new species and three new subspecies [PDF]
, 2013 The genus Dadagulella gen. nov. is described to include 16 species of small, dentate, ovateacuminate Afrotropical snails. An identification key is provided and biogeography, anatomy and systematics are discussed. The type species is the Kenyan D. radius (
Rowson, Ben, Tattersfield, Peter
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