Insights from an integrated view of the biology of apple snails (Caenogastropoda: Ampullariidae)

KA Hayes, RL Burks, A Castro-Vazquez, PC Darby… - Malacologia, 2015 - BioOne
Apple snails (Ampullariidae) are among the largest and most ecologically important
freshwater snails. The introduction of multiple species has reinvigorated the field and …

Revised classification, nomenclator and typification of gastropod and monoplacophoran families

P Bouchet, JP Rocroi, B Hausdorf, A Kaim, Y Kano… - Malacologia, 2017 - BioOne
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 …

An overview of freshwater snails in Asia with main focus on Vietnam

H Madsen, NM Hung - Acta tropica, 2014 - Elsevier
Freshwater snails have received much attention for their role as intermediate hosts for
trematodes causing disease in people and animals such as schistosomiasis and various …

[图书][B] Biology and evolution of the mollusca, volume 1

WF Ponder, DR Lindberg, JM Ponder - 2019 - taylorfrancis.com
Molluscs comprise the second largest phylum of animals (after arthropods), occurring in
virtually all habitats. Some are commercially important, a few are pests and some carry …

Phylogenomic analyses of deep gastropod relationships reject Orthogastropoda

F Zapata, NG Wilson, M Howison… - … of the Royal …, 2014 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Gastropods are a highly diverse clade of molluscs that includes many familiar animals, such
as limpets, snails, slugs and sea slugs. It is one of the most abundant groups of animals in …

A congruent topology for deep gastropod relationships

TJ Cunha, G Giribet - Proceedings of the Royal Society …, 2019 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Gastropod molluscs are among the most diverse and abundant animals in the oceans, and
are successful colonizers of terrestrial and freshwater environments. Past phylogenetic …

Neogastropod phylogenetic relationships based on entire mitochondrial genomes

RL Cunha, C Grande, R Zardoya - BMC Evolutionary Biology, 2009 - Springer
Abstract Background The Neogastropoda is a highly diversified group of predatory marine
snails (Gastropoda: Caenogastropoda). Traditionally, its monophyly has been widely …

Signatures of divergence, invasiveness, and terrestrialization revealed by four apple snail genomes

J Sun, H Mu, JCH Ip, R Li, T Xu… - Molecular Biology …, 2019 - academic.oup.com
The family Ampullariidae includes both aquatic and amphibious apple snails. They are an
emerging model for evolutionary studies due to the high diversity, ancient history, and wide …

[PDF][PDF] The genome of the venomous snail Lautoconus ventricosus sheds light on the origin of conotoxin diversity

JR Pardos-Blas, I Irisarri, S Abalde, CML Afonso… - …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Background Venoms are deadly weapons to subdue prey or deter predators that have
evolved independently in many animal lineages. The genomes of venomous animals are …

A global phylogeny of apple snails: Gondwanan origin, generic relationships, and the influence of outgroup choice (Caenogastropoda: Ampullariidae)

KA Hayes, RH Cowie, SC Thiengo - Biological Journal of the …, 2009 - academic.oup.com
Apple snails (Ampullariidae) are a diverse family of pantropical freshwater snails and an
important evolutionary link to the common ancestor of the largest group of living gastropods …