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Evolution and Extinction of Land Snails on Oceanic Islands
, 2016 Nonmarine molluscs are the major animal group with the greatest number of recorded extinctions due to anthropogenic impacts, and that number is certainly a serious underestimate.
S. Chiba, R. Cowie
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Evolution of separate predation- and defence-evoked venoms in carnivorous cone snails
Nature Communications, 2014 Venomous animals are thought to inject the same combination of toxins for both predation and defence, presumably exploiting conserved target pharmacology across prey and predators.
S. Dutertre +11 more
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Glabralysins, potential New β-pore-forming toxin family members from the schistosomiasis vector snail biomphalaria glabrata [PDF]
, 2020 Biomphalaria glabrata is a freshwater Planorbidae snail. In its environment, this mollusk faces numerous microorganisms or pathogens, and has developed sophisticated innate immune mechanisms to survive.
Crickmore, Neil +6 more
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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 +3 more
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Radiocarbon and blue optically stimulated luminescence chronologies of the Oitavos consolidated dune (Western Portugal) [PDF]
, 2007 The dune of Oitavos, the underlying paleosol, and Helix sp. gastropod shells found within the paleosol were dated using a combination of radiocarbon and blue optically stimulated luminescence (OSL).
Brito, P. +9 more
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Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, 1991 Two fish species, Astronotus ocellatus (Cichlidae) and Macropodus opercularis (Anabatidae) were tested for predacious behavior toward immature mosquitoes (Aedes fluviatili9s, Diptera: Culicidae) and schistosomiasis snail hosts (Biomphalaria glabrata ...
Rotraut A. G. B. Consoli +4 more
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Toxics, 2023 The meat of snails can be considered a high-quality food for the human diet and demand is already increasing across Europe. Due to the bioaccumulation of trace elements in their tissues, land snails can be a significant tool also for environmental ...
Roberta Tardugno +7 more
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Modulation of defensive reflex conditioning in snails by serotonin
Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience, 2015 Highlights Daily injection of serotonin before a training session accelerated defensive reflex conditioning in snails. Daily injection of 5-hydroxytryptophan before a training session in snails with a deficiency of serotonin induced by the “neurotoxic ...
V. V. Andrianov +7 more
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Insects, 2021 Invasive slugs and snails are among the most damaging pests of agriculture in temperate and tropical regions of the world. Control options, however, are limited and there is a heavy reliance on chemical molluscicides of variable efficacy.
Robin Veasey +12 more
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One, four or 100 genera? A new classification of the cone snails
Journal of molluscan studies, 2014 We present a new classification for the genus Conus sensu lato (family Conidae), based on molecular phylogenetic analyses of 329 species. This classification departs from both the traditional classification in only one genus and from a recently proposed ...
N. Puillandre +4 more
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