ABSTRACT 2,604 names at the rank of subtribe, tribe, subfamily, family and superfamily
have been proposed for Recent and fossil gastropods, and another 35 for …

It is commonly assumed that mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) evolves at a faster rate than
nuclear DNA (nuDNA) in animals. This has contributed to the popularity of mtDNA as a …

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 …

The Helicoidea is one of the most diverse superfamilies of terrestrial land snails. In this study
we present a molecular phylogeny of the western Palaearctic Helicoidea obtained by means …

The Hygromiidae is a highly diverse group of land snails with a distribution range stretching
throughout the Palearctic region from the Macaronesian Islands to the Russian Far East and …

Stenogyropsis is one of the few genera of Helicoidea having a high-spired shell. Here, we
describe a new species (Stenogyropsis chorismenostoma n. sp.) that has a further …

Untangling the factors of morphological evolution has long held a central role in the study of
evolutionary biology. Extant speciose clades that have only recently diverged are ideal study …

Background Although the apple snail Pila globosa is used as indicator species for human
consumption locally and as fish feed, research on it in general is very scanty. It is used in …

Abstract William Henry Benson (1803–1870) made extensive collections of Mollusca,
particularly land snails, from South Africa, Mauritius, and especially from the Indian …

Understanding the method and history of introduction in non-native species are essential for
conservation biology, especially in regions like Japan that have a long history of human …