Population dynamics of Megalobulimus paranaguensis (Gastropoda: Pulmonata) in the southeast coast of Brazil by Marcel S. Miranda, José H. Fontenelle

“…The population dynamics of Megalobulimus paranaguensis (Pilsbry & Ihering, 1900), a large and long-lived land gastropod from Brazil's Southeast (Atlantic Forest) was studied between 2006 and 2009, at an urban park in the city of Santos, state of São Paulo. …”
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First record of the exotic Indothais lacera (Gastropoda, Muricidae) in Brazil by Natan Carvalho Pedro, Rodrigo Brincalepe Salvador, Luiz Ricardo L. Simone

“…Indothais lacera (Born, 1778) is a carnivorous gastropod, native to the Indo-Pacific. We present the first records of I. lacera on the Brazilian coast and the first record of this invasive species in the Western Atlantic. …”
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KÖSRELİK (ANKARA) CİVARINDA AMMONİTİKO ROSSO FASİYESİ'NİN GEÇ SİNEMURİYEN - ERKEN PLİYENSBAHİYEN BİVALVİA, GASTROPODA FAUNASI VE TÜRKİYE'DE İLK KEZ SAPTANAN ANNELID POLYCHAETE TÜRÜ... by Yavuz OKAN, İzzet HOŞGÖR

“…Birimde, dört adet bivalv taksonu (Parainoceramus bileciki Conti ve Monari 1991, Parainoceramus nicosiai Conti ve Monari 1991, Inoceramus (Mytilioides) sp. ve Palaeonucula sp), üç adet gastropod taksonu (Pleurotomaria suessii Hörnes 1853, Pleurotomaria sp. ve Eucyclus (Eucyclus) sp.) ve Türkiye'de ilk kez Erken Jura'da saptanan annelid polychate türü Glomerula gordialis (Schlotheim 1820)'in tanımı yapılarak, paleoekolojik ve paleocoğrafik özellikleri incelenmiştir.…”
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The complete mitochondrial genome of an endangered triton snail Charonia lampas (Littorinimorpha: Charoniidae) from South Korea by Eun Hwa Choi, Ui Wook Hwang

“…The overall features of the mitochondrial genome are similar to those of typical gastropod mitochondrial genomes, except for the absence of a control region (CR): a conserved gene order, a high A + T content (67.45% for C. lampas), preference for AT-rich codons, etc. …”
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Pachyoliva columellaris G.B. Sowerby I, 1825 (Olividae, Caenogastropoda) in Peru: tidal migrations and population density by Winfried Peters

“…The gastropod Pachyoliva columellaris (formerly Olivella columellaris) is particularly common on many sandy beaches in North Peru. …”
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Complete mitochondrial genome of the freshwater snail Tarebia granifera (Lamarck, 1816) (Gastropoda: Cerithioidea: Thiaridae) by Nan Yin, Shuai Zhao, Xiao-Chen Huang, Shan Ouyang, Xiao-Ping Wu

“…The freshwater gastropod Tarebia granifera (Lamarck, 1816) is found in Taiwan, Hainan, and Guangdong provinces in China, and is one of the main intermediate hosts of trematodes that infect humans. …”
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Coat of many colours—DNA reveals polymorphism of mantle patterns and colouration in Caribbean Cyphoma Röding, 1798 (Gastropoda, Ovulidae) by Reijnen, B, Van Der Meij, S

“…The iconic gastropod genus Cyphoma is commonly observed in the Caribbean, where it lives in association with various octocorallian hosts. …”

The exotic jumping snail Ovachlamys fulgens (Gude, 1900) (Gastropoda: Helicarionidae) in urban areas of the Upper-Paraná Atlantic Forest by ARIEL A. BELTRAMINO, ROBERTO E. VOGLER, ALEJANDRA RUMI, LEILA B. GUZMÁN, STELLA M. MARTÍN, JUANA G. PESO

“…ABSTRACT The exotic land gastropod Ovachlamys fulgens (Gude, 1900), aka the jumping snail, was registered in Eldorado city, Misiones province, constituting the first documented record of that species in Argentina-and for all of South America as well. …”
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Space-time variations in macrobenthic fauna of a sandy beach, related to changes in the beach profile and sediment grain size, at El Pelicano Beach, Baja California by LA Cupul-Magaña, MA Téllez-Duarte

“…In general, the number of species was consistently low and varied with the textural characteristics of the sediment and the morphology of the beach profile. Only the gastropod Nassarius iodes was dominant in all the samplings and beach protile levels, because of its tendency to follow the tide in order to remain in the swash zone where feeding conditions are optimum. …”
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Characterization of the complete mitochondrial genome of Ficus variegata (Littorinimorpha: Ficidae) and molecular phylogeny of Caenogastropoda by Qingzhi Wang, Hongyue Liu, Chao Yue, Xi Xie, Dacheng Li, Miao Liang, Qi Li

“…Ficidae is a family of chiefly tropical marine gastropod mollusks with approximately 20 described species. …”
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Foraging activity of the snail kite, Rostrhamus sociabilis (Aves: Accipitridae) in wetlands of southern Brazil by FB Bergmann, HLC Amaral, DP Pinto, CC Chivittz, AM Tozetti

“…Its specialised diet consists mostly of the gastropod mollusk Pomacea sp and its foraging strategy probably varies depending on the season, prey availability, and climate factors, which can be reflected in its semi-nomad behaviour. …”
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Enhanced susceptibility to predation in corals of compromised condition by Allan J. Bright, Caitlin M. Cameron, Margaret W. Miller

“…The marine gastropod, Coralliophila abbreviata, is an obligate corallivore that causes substantial mortality in Caribbean Acropora spp. …”
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Three new species of Heteromysis (Mysida, Mysidae, Heteromysini) from the Cape Peninsula, South Africa, with first documentation of a mysid-cephalopod association by Karl J. Wittmann, Charles L. Griffiths

“…Faunistic studies in sublittoral and littoral marine habitats on the Cape Peninsula, South Africa, have yielded three new species belonging to the genus Heteromysis, subgenus Heteromysis: H. cancelli sp. n. associated with the diogenid hermit crab Cancellus macrothrix Stebbing, 1924, and H. fosteri sp. n. extracted from ‘empty’ urchin and gastropod shells. The first documented mysid-cephalopod association is reported for H. octopodis sp. n. which was found in dens occupied by Octopus vulgaris Cuvier, 1797, but was also captured from tide pools. …”
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Littoral macrozoobenthos communities of the Kuibyshev Reservoir in the area of Kazan by G.S. Tarasov, O.I. Khamitov, L.A. Frolova

“…The biomass was determined by large bivalve and gastropod mollusks: Unio longirostris (Rossmaessler, 1836), Pseudanodonta complanata (Rossmaessler, 1835), Viviparus viviparus (L., 1758), V. contectus (Millet, 1813), and L. auricularia (L., 1758). …”
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The first record of the North American freshwater limpet Ferrissia californica (Mollusca, Gastropoda) in Morocco by Youness Mabrouki, Peter Glöer, Abdelkhaleq F. Taybi

“…One of the most effective invaders among freshwater snails is the North American ancyline gastropod Ferrissia californica (= fragilis). A new population of this species has been found in Lake Zerrouka (Northern Morocco), a Protected Area, which is also a site of ecological and biological interest (known as SIBE). …”
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Effect of cirripeds on the recruitment of the keyhole limpet Fissurella picta (Gmelin) by DA López, ML González, JM Uribe, RI Martínez, PA Vergara

“…This in turn has lead to an increase in the populations of a gastropod that has continually diminished the barnacle populations. …”
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Metagenomic analysis of orange colored protrusions from the muscle of Queen Conch Lobatus gigas (Linnaeus, 1758) by Jaison H. Cuartas, Juan F. Alzate, Claudia X. Moreno-Herrera, Edna J. Marquez

“…The endangered marine gastropod, Lobatus gigas, is an important fishery resource in the Caribbean region. …”
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Natural Product Research in the Australian Marine Invertebrate Dicathais orbita by Kirsten Benkendorff

“…The predatory marine gastropod Dicathais orbita has been the subject of a significant amount of biological and chemical research over the past five decades. …”
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The complete mitochondrial genome of the deep-sea paskentanid snail Alviniconcha marisindica (Caenogastropoda: abyssochrysoidea) from the Carlsberg Ridge by Mei Yang, Hongliang Wang, Wei Gao, Zhinbin Gan, Xinzheng Li

“…AbstractAlviniconcha marisindica Okutani 2014 is a deep-sea gastropod inhabited in hydrothermal vents of the Indo-Pacific. …”
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Global Crystallographic Texture of Pyrite in Fossil Wood (Jurassic, Oryol Region, Russia) by Alexey Pakhnevich, Dmitry Nikolayev, Tatiana Lychagina

“…This is illustrated by an example of the inner core calcite shell of the gastropod mollusk <i>Bellerophon</i> sp.…”
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