Geographical and environmental patterns of Carpathian land snail faunas in a region of high endemicity by Voichița Gheoca, Ana Maria Benedek, Robert Cameron

“…Abstract The land snail faunas of limestone gorges of Romanian Carpathians were sampled to test the effect of geographic and environmental factors on the malacofauna richness and composition. …”
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First records of the land snail Monacha fruticola (Gastropoda, Stylommatophora, Hygromiidae) in Western Ukraine by N. V. Hural-Sverlova, Roman I. Hural

“…Two colonies of the land snail Monacha fruticola, whose native range is considered limited by the Crimea, were first discovered in Western Ukraine, in Lviv city and in its immediate vicinity (Bryukhovichi settlement). …”
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Toxic and Potentially Toxic Mineral Elements of Edible Gastropods Land Snails (Mediterranean Escargot) by Roberta Tardugno, Antonino Virga, Vincenzo Nava, Federica Mannino, Andrea Salvo, Francesco Monaco, Mario Giorgianni, Nicola Cicero

“…Due to the bioaccumulation of trace elements in their tissues, land snails can be a significant tool also for environmental pollution evaluation. …”
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Welfare of invertebrates: a pilot study on a new land snail stunning technique by Paola Fossati, Federico M. Stefanini, Giuliano Ravasio, Umberto Coerezza

“…This is also the case for land snails, which are gastropod invertebrates whose consumption has now reached significant levels, already involving tonnes and that is expected to increase significantly as edible snail farming becomes more popular as a relatively low-cost, easy-to-perform, and sustainable alternative animal husbandry, thereby making land snails an increasingly economically important species. …”
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Life history of the land snail Habroconus semenlini (Stylommatophora: Euconulidae) under laboratory conditions by Lidiane Silva, Liliane Meireles, Tércia Vargas, Flávia O Junqueira, Elisabeth C A. Bessa

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Morphometrics and phylogeography of the cave-obligate land snail Helicodiscus barri (Gastropoda, Stylommatophora, Helicodiscidae) by Nicholas S. Gladstone, Matthew L. Niemiller, Evelyn B. Pieper, Katherine E. Dooley, Michael L. McKinney

“…In this study, we attempt to diagnose the potential cryptic diversity in the troglobitic land snail Helicodiscus barri. Land snails are generally associated with having low vagility, and as such this species’ broad, mosaic distribution indicates the misdiagnosis of this organism as a single species. …”
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Economic analysis of two giant land snail marketing in Ibadan, Oyo State, Nigeria by Kareem Idayat Ayoka, Adekunle Michael Femi, Oke Folasade Olukemi, Ojo Busirat Opeyemi

“…The study examined the marketing and uses of two species of Giant African Land Snails (Archachatina marginata and Achatina achatina) in four (4) different market locations in Ibadan Oyo state, Nigeria. …”
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The dual protection of a micro land snail against a micro predatory snail. by Shinichiro Wada, Satoshi Chiba

“…These snails were offered to the carnivorous micro land snail Indoennea bicolor, which preys on the snails by gaining entry to their shell. …”
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Molecular phylogenetics and evolutionary history of the endemic land snail genus Everettia in northern Borneo by Thor-Seng Liew, Mohammad Effendi Marzuki, Menno Schilthuizen, Yansen Chen, Jaap J. Vermeulen, Jayasilan Mohd-Azlan

“…In this study, we use integrative approaches by estimating phylogenetic relationships, divergence time, and current and past niche suitability for the Bornean endemic land snail genus Everettia to provide additional insight into the evolutionary history of this genus in northern Borneo in the light of the geological vicariance events and climatic fluctuations in the Pleistocene. …”
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Habitat preferences of the critically endangered greater Bermuda land snail Poecilozonites bermudensis in the wild by Copeland, A, Hesselberg, T

“…The endemic, Critically Endangered greater Bermuda land snail Poecilozonites bermudensis is known from only two relict subpopulations. …”

Molecular phylogenetics and evolutionary history of the endemic land snail genus Everettia in northern Borneo by Liew, Thor Seng, Mohammad Effendi Marzuki, Menno Schilthuizen, Yansen Chen, Jaap J. Vermeulen, Jayasilan Mohd Azlan

“…In this study, we use integrative approaches by estimating phylogenetic relationships, divergence time, and current and past niche suitability for the Bornean endemic land snail genus Everettia to provide additional insight into the evolutionary history of this genus in northern Borneo in the light of the geological vicariance events and climatic fluctuations in the Pleistocene. …”
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Delineating Paralaoma annabelli, a minute land snail impacted by the 2019–2020 wildfires in Australia by Junn Kitt Foon, Peter T. Green, Frank Köhler

“…The 2019–2020 megafires in eastern Australia have devastated large parts of the known distributional range of the minute land snail Paralaoma annabelli, prompting conservation concerns for this species. …”

Association between shell morphology of micro-land snails (genus Plectostoma) and their predator’s predatory behaviour by Thor-Seng Liew, Menno Schilthuizen

“…However, the adaptive significance of several uncommon, yet striking, shell traits of land snails are still poorly known. These include the distorted coiled “tuba” and the protruded radial ribs that can be found in micro-landsnails of the genus Plectostoma. …”
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Land Snail Sphyradium doliolum (Stylommatophora Orculidae) in Ukraine and Moldova: Distribution, Habitats, Variability and Origin by I. Balashov, T. Levenets, A. Markova, A. Kramarenko, S. Kramarenko

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Field prevalence and laboratory susceptibility of southern Australian land snails to Brachylaima cribbi sporocyst infection by Butcher A.R., Grove D.I.

“…Brachylaima cribbi is a terrestrial trematode of birds and mammals with helic id and hygromild land snails reported as first and second Intermediate hosts. …”
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Second intermediate host land snails and definitive host animals of Brachylaima cribbi in southern Australia by Butcher A.R., Grove D.I.

“…This study of infection of southern Australian land snails with Brachylaima cribbi metacercariae has shown that all commonly encountered native and introduced snails are susceptible second intermediate hosts. …”
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Distribution and abundance of the land snail Pollicaria elephas (Gastropoda: Pupinidae) in limestone habitats in Perak, Malaysia by Thor-Seng Liew, Chee-Chean Phung, Mohamad Afandi Mat Said, Pui Kiat Hoo

“…This study aimed to reveal the habitat variables that determine the distribution and abundance of the land snail Pollicaria elephas in limestone habitats in Perak, Malaysia. …”
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Analysis of the spatial distribution of the ecological niche of the land snail Brephulopsis cylindrica (Stylommatophora, Enidae) in technosols by O. V. Zhukov, D. V. Kovalenko, S. S. Kramarenko, A. S. Kramarenko

“…The aim of our work is to describe the ecological niche of the land snail Brephulopsis cylindrica (Menke, 1828) in terms of the edaphic properties and properties of the vegetation cover and to show the spatial features of the variation of the habitat preference index within the artificial soil body – technosols (soddy-lithogenic soils on loess-like clays) using the ecological niche factor analysis (ENFA). …”
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Hibernation Period in Some Land Snail Species (Gastropoda: Helicidae): Epiphragmal Structure and Hypometabolic Behaviors by Hülya Şereflişan, Önder Duysak

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The global risk of infectious disease emergence from giant land snail invasion and pet trade by Jérôme M W Gippet, Olivia K Bates, Jérémie Moulin, Cleo Bertelsmeier

“…Abstract Background Pathogen outbreaks mostly originate from animals, but some species are more likely to trigger epidemics. The giant land snail (Lissachatina fulica) is a widespread invader, a popular exotic pet, and a notorious vector of the rat lungworm, causing eosinophilic meningitis in humans. …”
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