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 …

Control of invasive apple snails and their use as pollutant ecotoxic indicators: A review

F Panda, SG Pati, A Bal, K Das, L Samanta… - Environmental Chemistry …, 2021 - Springer
Apple snails are one of the most survived fresh water invasive species that causes massive
economic loss to vegetations, especially to the rice fields. They survive against many …

Comparing apples with apples: clarifying the identities of two highly invasive Neotropical Ampullariidae (Caenogastropoda)

KA Hayes, RH Cowie, SC Thiengo… - Zoological Journal of …, 2012 - academic.oup.com
Ampullariidae comprises two lineages of freshwater gastropods: one Old World and one
New World. Recent molecular work confirmed the monophyly of the family and began to …

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 …

Novel animal defenses against predation: a snail egg neurotoxin combining lectin and pore-forming chains that resembles plant defense and bacteria attack toxins

MS Dreon, MV Frassa, M Ceolín, S Ituarte, JW Qiu… - PLoS …, 2013 - journals.plos.org
Although most eggs are intensely predated, the aerial egg clutches from the aquatic snail
Pomacea canaliculata have only one reported predator due to unparalleled biochemical …

Invasive Pomacea snails: actual and potential environmental impacts and their underlying mechanisms.

PR Martín, S Burela, ME Seuffert, NE Tamburi… - CABI …, 2019 - cabidigitallibrary.org
Apple snails are large freshwater snails belonging to the family Ampullariidae that inhabit
tropical to temperate areas. The South American apple snails Pomacea canaliculata and …

The role of the proteinase inhibitor ovorubin in apple snail eggs resembles plant embryo defense against predation

MS Dreon, S Ituarte, H Heras - PLoS One, 2010 - journals.plos.org
Background Fieldwork has thoroughly established that most eggs are intensely predated.
Among the few exceptions are the aerial egg clutches from the aquatic snail Pomacea …

First proteome of the egg perivitelline fluid of a freshwater gastropod with aerial oviposition

J Sun, H Zhang, H Wang, H Heras… - Journal of Proteome …, 2012 - ACS Publications
Pomacea canaliculata is a freshwater snail that deposits eggs on solid substrates above the
water surface. Previous studies have emphasized the nutritional and protective functions of …

Egg toxic compounds in the animal kingdom. A comprehensive review

ML Giglio, W Boland, H Heras - Natural Product Reports, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
Covering: 1951 to 2022 Packed with nutrients and unable to escape, eggs are the most
vulnerable stage of an animal's life cycle. Consequently, many species have evolved …

The eggs of the apple snail Pomacea maculata are defended by indigestible polysaccharides and toxic proteins

ML Giglio, S Ituarte, MY Pasquevich… - Canadian Journal of …, 2016 - cdnsciencepub.com
The freshwater snails Pomacea Perry, 1810 lay conspicuous aerial egg clutches that are
ignored by most predators. Egg biochemical defenses in the apple snail Pomacea …