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Venomous secretions from marine snails of the Terebridae family target acetylcholine receptors [PDF]

, 2013
Venoms from cone snails (Conidae) have been extensively studied during the last decades, but those from other members of the suborder Toxoglossa, such as of Terebridae and Turridae superfamilies attracted less interest so far. Here, we report the effects
Wunder, C., Peigneur, S., Silke Kauferstein, Melaun, Christian, Annette Nicke, Nicke, Annette, Dietrich Mebs, Christian Melaun, Peigneur, Steve, Kauferstein, S., Kauferstein, Silke, Wunder, Cora, Kendel, Y., Mebs, D., Kurz, A., Steve Peigneur, Tytgat, Jan, Melaun, C., Kendel, Yvonne, Kurz, Alexander, Mebs, Dietrich, Yvonne Kendel, Jan Tytgat, Cora Wunder, Alexander Kurz, Nicke, A., Tytgat, J.   +26 more
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Differential spatial repositioning of activated genes in Biomphalaria glabrata snails infected with Schistosoma mansoni [PDF]

, 2014
Copyright @ 2014 Arican-Goktas et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and
Halime D Arican-Goktas, Wannaporn Ittiprasert, Knight, M, Arican-Goktas, Halime D., Ittiprasert, Wannaporn, Bridger, JM, Ittiprasert, W, Joanna M Bridger, Matty Knight, Bridger, Joanna M., Arican-Goktas, HD, Knight, Matty   +11 more
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Wild record of an apple snail in the Waikato River, Hamilton, New Zealand and their incidence in freshwater aquaria [PDF]

, 2011
We report the discovery of a single specimen of a live apple snail Pomacea diffusa Blume 1957 (Ampullariidae: Prosobranchia), from the Waikato River, Hamilton city, central North Island, New Zealand. This species, along with the congeneric P.
Demetras, Nicholas J., Collier, Kevin J., Johnston, Toni M., Duggan, Ian C.   +3 more
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Schistosomes and snails: A molecular encounter [PDF]

, 2014
Copyright © 2014 Knight, Arican-Goktas, Ittiprasert, Odoemelam, Miller and Bridger. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY).
Knight, M, Arican-Goktas, Halime D., Ittiprasert, Wannaporn, Bridger, JM, Ittiprasert, W, Odoemelam, Edwin C., Odoemelam, EC, Halime eArican-Goktas, Miller, AN, Joanna eBridger, Miller, Andre N., Matty eKnight, Bridger, Joanna M., Arican-Goktas, HD, Edwin eOdeomelam, Knight, Matty, Wannaporn eIttiprasert, Halime D. Arican-Goktas, Wannaporn Ittiprasert, André N. Miller, Matty Knight, Edwin C. Odoemelam, Joanna M. Bridger   +22 more
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Wet adhesion and adhesive locomotion of snails on anti-adhesive non-wetting surfaces [PDF]

, 2012
Creating surfaces capable of resisting liquid-mediated adhesion is extremely difficult due to the strong capillary forces that exist between surfaces.
McHale Glen, Glen McHale (160737), Michael I. Newton (160744), McHale, Glen, Neil J. Shirtcliffe (160730), Shirtcliffe Neil J., Newton, Michael, Michael I Newton, Glen McHale, Newton Michael I., Shirtcliffe, Neil, Neil J Shirtcliffe, Newton, MI, Shirtcliffe, NJ, McHale, G   +14 more
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Sampling Plants and Malacofauna in 87Sr/86Sr Bioavailability Studies: Implications for Isoscape Mapping and Reconstructing of Past Mobility Patterns

Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 2020
Establishing strontium isotope (87Sr/86Sr) geographical variability is a key component of any study that seeks to utilize strontium isotopes as tracers of provenance or mobility.
Kate Britton, Kate Britton, Mael Le Corre, Malte Willmes, Malte Willmes, Ian Moffat, Ian Moffat, Rainer Grün, Rainer Grün, Marcello A. Mannino, Marcello A. Mannino, Stephen Woodward, Klervia Jaouen, Klervia Jaouen   +13 more
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SURVEY OF TERRESTRIAL AND AQUATIC MALACOPHAGOUS INSECTS IN SHARQUIA GOVERNORATE, EGYPT AND THE PREDATORY ACTIVITY OF PTEROSTICHUS BARBAROUS DEJEAN [PDF]

Journal of Environmental Science, 2019
A survey of aquatic and terrestrial malacophagous insects associated with snails was carried out during 2016-2018 in Sharquia Governorate. Four terrestrial snails and three aquatic snails were collected.
Asmaa M. Zaki, Karima M. Azzam, Hala A. Kassem   +2 more
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Mammalian and Avian Larval Schistosomatids in Bangladesh: Molecular Characterization, Epidemiology, Molluscan Vectors, and Occurrence of Human Cercarial Dermatitis

Pathogens, 2022
Schistosomiasis is a neglected tropical disease (NTD) caused by blood flukes (Schistosoma spp.). Schistosomatids affect a wide array of vertebrate hosts, including humans.
Sharmin Shahid Labony, Md. Shahadat Hossain, Takeshi Hatta, Anita Rani Dey, Uday Kumar Mohanta, Ausraful Islam, Md. Shahiduzzaman, Muhammad Mehedi Hasan, Md. Abdul Alim, Naotoshi Tsuji, Anisuzzaman   +10 more
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Why do snails have hairs? A Bayesian inference of character evolution [PDF]

, 2005
Background: Costly structures need to represent an adaptive advantage in order to be maintained over evolutionary times. Contrary to many other conspicuous shell ornamentations of gastropods, the haired shells of several Stylommatophoran land snails ...
Pfenninger Markus, Steinke, Dirk, Markus Pfenninger, Pfenninger, Markus, Aline Dèpraz, Steinke Dirk, Dirk Steinke, Magda Hrabáková, Dèpraz Aline, Hrabáková, Magda, Dèpraz, Aline, Hrabáková Magda   +11 more
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Identification of Biomphalaria havanensis and Biomphalaria obstructa populations from Cuba using polymerase chain reaction and restriction fragment length polymorphism of the ribosomal RNA intergenic spacer

Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, 2001
In Cuba, several Biomphalaria species have been reported such as B. orbignyi, B. schrammi, B. helophila, B. havanensis and B. peregrina; only the latter three are considered as potential hosts of Schistosoma mansoni.
Teofânia HDA Vidigal, Roberta L Caldeira, Andrew JG Simpson, Omar S Carvalho   +3 more
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