Komunitas Makrozoobentos di Sungai Gua Pintu Ngalau pada Kawasan Karst di Sumatera Barat by Husnul Mar’i, Izmiarti Izmiarti, Nofrita Nofrita

“…The results showed the composition of macrozoobenthos in the Pintu Ngalau cave river consisted of 43 genera i.e Gastropods (2 genera), Hirudinea (2 genera), Insects (36 genera) and Oligochaetas (3 genera). …”
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Expansion and neofunctionalization of actinoporin-like genes in Mediterranean mussel (Mytilus galloprovincialis). by Koritnik, N, Gerdol, M, Šolinc, G, Švigelj, T, Caserman, S, Merzel, F, Holden, E, Benesch, JL, Trenti, F, Guella, G, Pallavicini, A, Modica, MV, Podobnik, M, Anderluh, G

“…Actinoporins are potent cytolysins that were first detected in the venom of sea anemones; however, they are occasionally found in animals other than cnidarians and are expanded in a few predatory gastropods. Here, we report the presence of 27 unique actinoporin-like genes with monophyletic origin in Mytilus galloprovincialis, which we have termed mytiporins. …”

The ‘Tully Monster’ is not a vertebrate: characters, convergence and taphonomy in palaeozoic problematic animals by Sallan, L, Giles, S, Sansom, R, Clarke, J, Johanson, Z, Sansom, I, Janvier, P

“…Long-discussed alternative placements among molluscs (e.g. heteropod gastropods), arthropods (e.g. anomalocarids), or elsewhere within non-vertebrate deuterostomes are more congruent. …”

The Response of Macrobenthic Communities to Environmental Variability in Tropical Coastal Waters by Tavakoly Sany, Seyedeh Belin, Tajfard, Mohammad, Hashim, Rosli, Rezayi, Majid, Rahman, Mohammad Azizur, Karlen, David J.

“…A total of 33 species were identified, including 18 bivalves, 5 gastropods, and 4 crustaceans. The other taxa were less diverse. …”

Seagrass in Malaysia: issues and challenges ahead by Bujang, Japar Sidik, Zakaria, Muta Harah, Short, Frederick T.

“…Their characteristics and interactive community within and from outside account for the high diversity and enable survival of diverse invertebrates (shrimps, sea cucumbers, starfishes, bivalves, gastropods), vertebrates (dugongs, green sea turtles, fishes) and macroalgae. …”
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The rate of encrustation of biofouling organisms on experimental floating net-cages in tropical coastal waters by Cheah, S. H., Chua, T. E.

“…From the investigation on the rate of encrustation of biofouling organisms in relation to mesh size, it was observed that the species composition of Group 1 organisms (Crypfosula, Trididemnum, I Botryllus, Symplegma and other compound tunicates) on the net of the 3 horizontal frames were different but the species composition of Group 2 organisms (barnacles, oysters, tubeworms and gastropods, etc.) on the 3 frames were similar. Itwas further noted that increase in mesh size was always accompanied by a decrease in species diversity of Group 1 organisms. …”
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Barriers with Valve Mechanisms Are Predicted to Protect Crops from Slug Carriers of Rat Lungworm Disease by Genevieve C. Pang, Amy T. Hou, Ryan Tamashiro, Kristin M. Mills, Lorrin W. Pang

“…Angiostrongyliasis (Rat Lungworm disease) is an emerging parasitic disease caused by the ingestion of gastropods infected with the neurotropic nematode <i>Angiostrongylus cantonensis</i>. …”
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In vivo efficacy of pyrantel pamoate as a post-exposure prophylactic for rat lungworm (Angiostrongylus cantonensis) by John Jacob, Argon Steel, Lisa Kaluna, Steven Hess, Israel Leinbach, Carmen Antaky, Robert Sugihara, Lindsey Hamilton, Peter Follett, Kathleen Howe, Steven Jacquier, Supakit Wongwiwatthananukit, Susan Jarvi

“…The parasite is usually contracted through ingestion of infected gastropods, often hidden in raw or partially cooked produce. …”
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Conotoxins as Tools to Understand the Physiological Function of Voltage-Gated Calcium (CaV) Channels by David Ramírez, Wendy Gonzalez, Rafael A. Fissore, Ingrid Carvacho

“…Cone snails are marine gastropods that capture their prey by injecting venom, “conopeptides”, which cause paralysis in a few seconds. …”
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Hunt for Palytoxins in a Wide Variety of Marine Organisms Harvested in 2010 on the French Mediterranean Coast by Ronel Biré, Sophie Trotereau, Rodolphe Lemée, Davide Oregioni, Christine Delpont, Sophie Krys, Thierry Guérin

“…During the summer of 2010, 31 species including fish, echinoderms, gastropods, crustaceans, cephalopods and sponges were sampled in the Bay of Villefranche on the French Mediterranean coast and screened for the presence of PLTX-group toxins using the haemolytic assay. …”
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A new index for quantifying the ornamentational complexity of animals with shells by Luyi Miao, Xu Dai, Hanchen Song, André Ricardo Backes, Haijun Song

“…Ornamentation indices were measured for 15 ammonite specimens from the Permian to Cretaceous, 2 modern bivalves, 2 gastropods from the Pliocene to the present, and a modern echinoid. …”
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Isotopes of amino acids give novel insights on nitrogen sources partitioning and trophic position of invertebrates in a subtropical mangrove by Benoit Thibodeau, Laetitia Allais, Laura Elisabeth Agusto, Mandy Wing Kwan So, Stefano Cannicci

“…We found that most gastropods mostly exclusively rely on nitrogen originating from the marine environment (non-vascular) while most brachyuran crabs integrate between 8 and 50% of their nitrogen from vascular sources, most probably by processing decaying mangrove leaves. …”
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Tsunami deposits in Tunisia contemporaneous of the large 365 CE Crete earthquake and Mediterranean Sea catastrophic event by Nejib Bahrouni, Mustapha Meghraoui, Hafize Başak Bayraktar, Stefano Lorito, Mohamed Fawzi Zagrarni, Alina Polonia, Nabil Bel Mabrouk, Fekri Kamoun

“…North of Sfax city, ~ 3.4 m high cliff coastal marine and alluvial terraces show 20 to 50-cm-thick chaotic layer with sandy coarse gravels mixed with reworked pebbles, broken shells of gastropods and molluscs, organic matter and Roman pottery. …”
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Intermediate hosts of Protostrongylus pulmonalis (Frölich, 1802) and P. oryctolagi Baboš, 1955 under natural conditions in France by Célia Lesage, Cécile Patrelle, Sylvain Vrignaud, Anouk Decors, Hubert Ferté, Damien Jouet

“…Morphological identification of molluscs based on shell characters revealed 4 different morphotypes, and molecular results confirm the membership of these gastropods to the Hygromiidae and revealed 4 different species: Candidula gigaxii, 2 species of Cernuella sp. and Xeropicta derbentina. …”
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An Authentication Survey on Retail Seafood Products Sold on the Bulgarian Market Underlines the Need for Upgrading the Traceability System by Lara Tinacci, Deyan Stratev, Mariyana Strateva, Georgi Zhelyazkov, Ralica Kyuchukova, Andrea Armani

“…DNA barcoding on mitochondrial and nuclear genes was applied for the identification of whitefish (WF), crustaceans (C) and mollusks (cephalopods—MC; gastropods—MG; bivalves—MB) except for <i>Mytilus</i> sp. products for which the analysis was conducted with a previously validated RFLP PCR protocol. …”
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Relationship of Population Attributes of a Dominant Macrofaunal Species with Environmental Conditions in a Eutrophic Estuary (Guanabara Bay, Brazil) by Raquel A. F. Neves, Luciano N. Santos, Gisela M. Figueiredo, Jean L. Valentin

“…Hydrobioid gastropods are abundant in coastal systems and ecologically important for ecosystem functioning. …”
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Describing shell shape variations and sexual dimorphism of Golden Apple Snail, Pomacea caniculata (Lamarck, 1822) using geometric morphometric analysis by C.C. Cabuga, R.P. Sularte, M.C.O. Acob, et al.

“…These phenotypic distinctions could be associated with geographic isolation, predation and nutrient component of the gastropods. Thus, the importance of using geometric morphometric advances in describing sexual dimorphism in the shell shape of P. caniculata.…”
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Phylogenomics and Diversification of the Schistosomatidae Based on Targeted Sequence Capture of Ultra-Conserved Elements by Erika T. Ebbs, Eric S. Loker, Lijing Bu, Sean A. Locke, Vasyl V. Tkach, Ramesh Devkota, Veronica R. Flores, Hudson A. Pinto, Sara V. Brant

“…Schistosomatidae Stiles and Hassall 1898 is a medically significant family of digenetic trematodes (Trematoda: Digenea), members of which infect mammals or birds as definitive hosts and aquatic or amphibious gastropods as intermediate hosts. Currently, there are 17 named genera, for many of which evolutionary interrelationships remain unresolved. …”
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A Review of Rhodolith/Maerl Beds of the Italian Seas by Michela Ingrassia, Martina Pierdomenico, Daniele Casalbore, Francesco Giuseppe Falese, Francesco Latino Chiocci

“…The dominant species occurring in the Italian submarine sites are <i>Phymatolithon calcareum</i> and <i>Lithothamnion corallioides</i>, with a rich associated fauna including sponges, bryozoans, hydrozoans, polichaetes, molluscs, amphipods, gastropods, echinoderms. Despite the high biodiversity characterizing the Italian rhodolith/maerl beds, only seven submarine sites hosting this sensitive habitat are part of Marine Protected Areas (MPAs). …”
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Sexually dimorphic venom proteins in long-jawed orb-weaving spiders (Tetragnatha) comprise novel gene families by Pamela A. Zobel-Thropp, Emily A. Bulger, Matthew H.J. Cordes, Greta J. Binford, Rosemary G. Gillespie, Michael S. Brewer

“…Venom has been associated with the ecological success of many groups of organisms, most notably reptiles, gastropods, and arachnids. In some cases, diversification has been directly linked to tailoring of venoms for dietary specialization. …”
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