We tested the hypothesis that ecological specialization that affects dispersal promotes
diversification by a comparison of the genetic structure of two sister species of door snails …

Two recently diverged northeastern Pacific sibling snail species, Nucella ostrina and N.
emarginata, currently inhabit adjacent zoogeographic provinces. Their distributions overlap …

Background The formation of the East African Rift System has decisively influenced the
distribution and evolution of tropical Africa's biota by altering climate conditions, by creating …

Most of the 29 living species of Potamididae show a close association with mangroves. The
trees provide the snails with shelter, protection from predators, a solid substrate and …

While among the most common Holarctic land snails, species of the Euconulus fulvus group
have been subject to considerable recent taxonomic controversy. Based on 76 Euconulus …

Placostylus is a genus of large terrestrial pulmonate snails distributed in the western Pacific,
with endemic species in New Zealand, Solomon Islands, Fiji, New Caledonia, Vanuatu …

Species delimitation in minute freshwater snails is often difficult to perform using solely shell
morphology. The problem intensifies when invasive species spread within the distribution …

We present a large-scale molecular phylogeny that includes 320 of the 761 recognized valid
species of the cone snails (Conus), one of the most diverse groups of marine molluscs …

Diplommatinidae is a family of terrestrial caenogastropod snails that shows extensive
species diversity and endemic radiation within the Palau (Belau) Islands. In this paper, we …