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 …

Evolutionary transitions from water to land are infrequent. The physical contrasts between
these media are amplified by biological differences in the patterns of selection. A new …

Background Molecular methods of species delineation are rapidly developing and widely
considered as fast and efficient means to discover species and face the'taxonomic …

The analysis of DNA barcode sequences with varying techniques for cluster recognition
provides an efficient approach for recognizing putative species (operational taxonomic units …

We present a critical review of the fossil record of Cenozoic terrestrial gastropods of Europe
utilizing a literature-based dataset comprising 1640 species from 609 sites. Net diversity …

The accelerating loss of biodiversity has created a need for more effective ways to discover
species. Novel algorithmic approaches for analyzing sequence data combined with rapidly …

This chapter deals with the diversity of terrestrial cave invertebrates from the viewpoint of its
contribution to global diversity and of the variety of morphological traits and life forms …

Even though ladybirds are well known as economically important biological control agents,
an integrative framework of DNA barcoding research was not available for the family so far …

Genetic data is very important as the basis for fisheries management and conservation
related to connectivity between regions and population structure. White snapper Fish is one …

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