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Gheoca V, Benedek AM, Cameron R. Geographical and environmental patterns of Carpathian land snail faunas in a region of high endemicity. Sci Rep 2024; 14:1392. [PMID: 38228799 PMCID: PMC10791649 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-024-51870-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/10/2023] [Accepted: 01/10/2024] [Indexed: 01/18/2024] Open
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The land snail faunas of limestone gorges of Romanian Carpathians were sampled to test the effect of geographic and environmental factors on the malacofauna richness and composition. A total of 134 sites within 28 limestone gorges were surveyed during 2011-2019 using a combined strategy of visual search and litter/topsoil analysis. Environmental variables such as geographic location, altitude, climate, microhabitat type, dominant vegetation, tree cover and width of the gorge were recorded to detect the relationship with species richness and composition. While the numbers of species, their identities and their abundance varied greatly among samples, both presence and absence data and quantitative multivariate analyses showed that region and climate or altitude (both strongly associated with region) accounted for far more variation than differences in tree cover and dominant microhabitat. Nevertheless, the effects of different habitat preferences were evident. The mixture of species with very restricted ranges within this Pleistocene refugium and those that have spread widely during the Holocene raise questions about the meaning of region when related to local richness and composition.
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- Voichița Gheoca
- Faculty of Sciences, Applied Ecology Research Center, Lucian Blaga University of Sibiu, 5-7 Raţiu Street, 550012, Sibiu, Romania.
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- Faculty of Sciences, Applied Ecology Research Center, Lucian Blaga University of Sibiu, 5-7 Raţiu Street, 550012, Sibiu, Romania.
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Hausdorf B, Xu J. Speciation of rock-dwelling snail species: disjunct ranges and mosaic patterns reveal the importance of long-distance dispersal in Chilostoma (Cingulifera) in the European Southern Alps. Mol Phylogenet Evol 2023; 184:107788. [PMID: 37127113 DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2023.107788] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/10/2022] [Revised: 03/28/2023] [Accepted: 04/13/2023] [Indexed: 05/03/2023]
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To better understand the origin of the high diversity and endemism in the Southern Alps of Europe, we investigated the phylogeny and population structure of the rock-dwelling snail group Chilostoma (Cingulifera) in the Southern Alps. We generated genomic ddRAD data and mitochondrial sequences of 104 Cingulifera specimens from 28 populations and 14 other Ariantinae. Until recently, about 30 Cingulifera taxa were classified as subspecies of a single polytypic species. The phylogenetic and population genetic analyses of the ddRAD data and mitochondrial sequences revealed that Cingulifera in the Southern Alps is differentiated into three species. Each of the three Chilostoma (Cingulifera) species occupies disjunct sub-areas, which are separated by areas occupied by other Chilostoma taxa. Neighbouring populations of different species show little or no admixture. Tests indicating that the genetic differentiation of the three Cingulifera taxa cannot be explained by isolation by distance confirmed their species status. The disjunct range patterns demonstrate the importance of stochastic events such as passive long-distance dispersal for the evolution of population structure and speciation in these snails, and of priority effects and ecological competition as important factors influencing species distributions.
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- Bernhard Hausdorf
- Leibniz Institute for the Analysis of Biodiversity Change, Zoological Museum, Martin-Luther-King-Platz 3, 20146 Hamburg, Germany; Universität Hamburg, Martin-Luther-King-Platz 3, 20146 Hamburg, Germany.
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- Leibniz Institute for the Analysis of Biodiversity Change, Zoological Museum, Martin-Luther-King-Platz 3, 20146 Hamburg, Germany; Universität Hamburg, Martin-Luther-King-Platz 3, 20146 Hamburg, Germany
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Man NS, Lwin N, Sutcharit C, Panha S. Further notes on the taxonomy of the land snail family Clausiliidae Gray, 1855 (Stylommatophora, Helicina) from Myanmar with description of two new species. Zookeys 2023; 1160:1-59. [PMID: 37180819 PMCID: PMC10172936 DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1160.98022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/25/2022] [Accepted: 04/02/2023] [Indexed: 05/16/2023] Open
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This study presents a complete species list of the door snails inhabiting Myanmar, updated to now include 33 taxa, and provides taxonomic notes together with a re-description of the shell, radula, and genitalia for 13 species and subspecies, including Oospiraphilippiana, the type species of the genus Oospira. The snails previously treated as subspecies or synonyms of Oospiragracilior and Oospiramagna are reclassified and recognized as distinct species. The lectotype of Oospirainsignis has been clarified and an illustration of the original type specimen provided. A long-overlooked species, Oospiraandersoniana, has been collected and redescribed herein. Two new species from the limestone karsts in the Salween River Basin are introduced: Oospiraluneainopsis Man & Panha, sp. nov. and Oospirazediopsis Man & Panha, sp. nov. A synoptic view of all clausiliid taxa known from Myanmar is presented along with taxonomic information and distributional records. Photographs of the type materials for all taxa are provided for further comparison or, if unavailable, photographs of the examined specimens or the original figure from the literature.
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- Nem Sian Man
- Animal Systematics Research Unit, Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, 10330, ThailandChulalongkorn UniversityBangkokThailand
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- Fauna and Flora International, No. 35, 3rd Floor, Shan Gone Condo, Myay Ni Gone Market Street, Sanchaung Township, Yangon, MyanmarFauna and Flora InternationalYangonMyanmar
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- Animal Systematics Research Unit, Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, 10330, ThailandChulalongkorn UniversityBangkokThailand
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- Animal Systematics Research Unit, Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, 10330, ThailandChulalongkorn UniversityBangkokThailand
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Lika R, Deli T, Paparisto A, Erss ZP, Fehr Z. Contribution to the taxonomy and distribution of Aciculidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Caenogastropoda) in Albania and the surroundings. Zootaxa 2021; 5004:131-150. [PMID: 34811315 DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5004.1.5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/15/2021] [Indexed: 11/04/2022]
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Reviewing historical and recently collected material of family Aciculidae from Albania and the neighbouring region, we synonymized two species and one subspecies, namely Platyla corpulenta Subai, 2009 under Platyla procax Boeters, E. Gittenberger Subai, 1989; Platyla ceraunorum A. Reischtz, N. Steiner-Reischtz P. L. Reischtz, 2016 under Platyla similis (Reinhardt, 1880) and Renea kobelti albanica Boeters, E. Gittenberger Subai, 1989 under Renea kobelti (A. J. Wagner,1910). Four aciculid species are first mentioned for Albania: Platyla similis and Platyla procax that replace their junior synonyms; and Platyla feheri Subai, 2009 and Platyla gracilis (Clessin, 1877) that are new to the country. Furthermore, new distribution data are provided for Platyla albanica Subai, 2012, Platyla banatica (Rossmssler, 1842), Platyla wilhelmi (A. J. Wagner, 1910) and Renea kobelti (A. J. Wagner, 1910). In the light of new distribution data, their conservation statuses according to IUCN criteria are assessed at the national level and, when necessary, are re-assessed at global level.
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- Romilda Lika
- Departament of Biology, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Tirana University, Bulevardi Zogu i Par, Tiran, AL-1001, Albania.
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- Mricz Zsigmond u. 2, Gyomaendrd, H-5500, Hungary..
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- Departament of Biology, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Tirana University, Bulevardi Zogu i Par, Tiran, AL-1001, Albania.
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- WWF-Hungary, lmos vezr tja 69/A, Budapest, H-1141, Hungary..
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Chang ZY, Liew TS. A molecular phylogeny of Geotrochus and Trochomorpha species (Gastropoda: Trochomorphidae) in Sabah, Malaysia reveals convergent evolution of shell morphology driven by environmental influences. PeerJ 2021; 9:e10526. [PMID: 33604162 PMCID: PMC7863784 DOI: 10.7717/peerj.10526] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/06/2020] [Accepted: 11/18/2020] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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There are currently eleven Geotrochus and four Trochomorpha species in Sabah. The primary diagnostic character that separates the two genera is the intensity of sculpture on the shell upper surface. All Trochomorpha species have a coarse nodular sculpture while Geotrochus species has a non-nodular sculpture or smooth shell. However, it is known that shell characters are often evolutionary labile with high plasticity in response to environmental factors. Hence, identifying the phylogenetic and ecological determinants for the shell characters will shed light on the shell-based taxonomy. This study aims to estimate the phylogenetic relationship between Geotrochus and Trochomorpha species in Sabah based in two mitochondrial genes (COI, 16S) and one nuclear gene (ITS) and also to examine the influence of temperature, elevation and annual precipitation on the coarseness of shell upper surface sculpture and shell sizes of the species of both genera. Additionally, we also investigated the phylogenetic signal of the shell characters. The phylogenetic analysis showed that Geotrochus and Trochomorpha species are not reciprocally monophyletic. The phylogenetic signal test suggested that shell size and upper surface sculpture are homoplastic, and these shell traits are strongly influenced by elevation and annual precipitation, particularly at the cloud zone of Mount Kinabalu. The highland species of both genera have a coarser shell surface than lowland species. The shell and aperture width decrease with increasing elevation and annual precipitation. In the view of finding above, the current taxonomy of Geotrochus and Trochmorpha in this region and elsewhere that based on shell characters need to be revised with sufficient specimens throughout the distribution range of the two genera.
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- Zi-Yuan Chang
- Institute for Tropical Biology and Conservation, Universiti Malaysia Sabah, Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia
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- Institute for Tropical Biology and Conservation, Universiti Malaysia Sabah, Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia
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Brozzo A, Harl J, De Mattia W, Teixeira D, Walther F, Groh K, Páll‐Gergely B, Glaubrecht M, Hausdorf B, Neiber MT. Molecular phylogeny and trait evolution of Madeiran land snails: radiation of the Geomitrini (Stylommatophora: Helicoidea: Geomitridae). Cladistics 2020; 36:594-616. [DOI: 10.1111/cla.12440] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/04/2020] [Revised: 08/27/2020] [Accepted: 09/09/2020] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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- Alissa Brozzo
- Center for Natural History (CeNak) Zoological MuseumUniversität Hamburg Martin‐Luther‐King‐Platz 3Hamburg20146Germany
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- Institute of Pathology University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna Veterinärplatz 1Vienna1210Austria
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- Central Research Laboratories, Natural History Museum of Vienna Burgring 7Vienna1010Austria
- Department of Evolutionary Biology, University of Vienna Althanstraße 14 Vienna1090Austria
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- Institute of Forests and Nature Conservation IP‐RAM Botanical Garden of Madeira – Rui Vieira Caminho do Meio, Bom Sucesso Funchal9064–512Portugal
- Centre for Ecology, Evolution and Environmental Changes Faculty of Sciences University of Lisbon Edf. C2, 5th floor, Campo Grande Lisbon1749‐016Portugal
- Laboratory for Integrative Biodiversity Research Finnish Museum of Natural History University of Helsinki Pohjoinen Rautatiekatu 13 Helsinki00100Finland
- Faculty of Life Sciences University of Madeira Campus Universitário da Penteada Funchal9020‐105Portugal
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- Center for Natural History (CeNak) Zoological MuseumUniversität Hamburg Martin‐Luther‐King‐Platz 3Hamburg20146Germany
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- Hinterbergstraße 15 Bad Dürkheim67098Germany
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- Plant Protection Institute Centre for Agricultural Research Herman Ottó út 15 BudapestH‐1022Hungary
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- Center for Natural History (CeNak) Zoological MuseumUniversität Hamburg Martin‐Luther‐King‐Platz 3Hamburg20146Germany
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- Center for Natural History (CeNak) Zoological MuseumUniversität Hamburg Martin‐Luther‐King‐Platz 3Hamburg20146Germany
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- Center for Natural History (CeNak) Zoological MuseumUniversität Hamburg Martin‐Luther‐King‐Platz 3Hamburg20146Germany
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Mason K, Fehér Z, Bamberger S, Reier S, Szekeres M, Sattmann H, Kruckenhauser L, De Mattia W, Haring E. New insights into and limitations of the molecular phylogeny in the taxon‐rich land snail genus Montenegrina(Mollusca: Gastropoda: Clausiliidae). J ZOOL SYST EVOL RES 2020. [DOI: 10.1111/jzs.12413] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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- Katharina Mason
- 3rd Zoological Department Natural History Museum Vienna Austria
- Central Research Laboratories Natural History Museum Vienna Austria
- Department of Evolutionary Biology University of Vienna Vienna Austria
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- 3rd Zoological Department Natural History Museum Vienna Austria
- Department of Zoology Hungarian Natural History Museum Budapest Hungary
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- Central Research Laboratories Natural History Museum Vienna Austria
- Center of Natural History University of Hamburg Hamburg Germany
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- Central Research Laboratories Natural History Museum Vienna Austria
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- Department of Zoology Hungarian Natural History Museum Budapest Hungary
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- 3rd Zoological Department Natural History Museum Vienna Austria
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- Central Research Laboratories Natural History Museum Vienna Austria
- Department of Evolutionary Biology University of Vienna Vienna Austria
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- Central Research Laboratories Natural History Museum Vienna Austria
- Department of Evolutionary Biology University of Vienna Vienna Austria
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De Mattia W, Fehér Z, Mason K, Haring E. An integrative approach to the taxonomy and systematics within the genus MontenegrinaBoettger, 1877 (Mollusca, Gastropoda, Clausiliidae). J ZOOL SYST EVOL RES 2020. [DOI: 10.1111/jzs.12407] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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- Willy De Mattia
- Central Research Laboratories Natural History Museum Vienna Vienna Austria
- Department of Evolutionary Biology University of Vienna Vienna Austria
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- Department of Zoology Hungarian Natural History Museum Budapest Hungary
- 3rd Zoological Department Natural History Museum Vienna Austria
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- Central Research Laboratories Natural History Museum Vienna Vienna Austria
- Department of Evolutionary Biology University of Vienna Vienna Austria
- 3rd Zoological Department Natural History Museum Vienna Austria
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- Central Research Laboratories Natural History Museum Vienna Vienna Austria
- Department of Evolutionary Biology University of Vienna Vienna Austria
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Koch EL, Neiber MT, Walther F, Hausdorf B. Patterns and processes in a non‐adaptive radiation:Alopia(Gastropoda, Clausiliidae) in the Bucegi Mountains. ZOOL SCR 2020. [DOI: 10.1111/zsc.12406] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- Eva L. Koch
- Center of Natural History Zoological Museum University of Hamburg Hamburg Germany
- Institute of Evolutionary Biology and Environmental Studies University of Zurich Zurich Switzerland
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- Center of Natural History Zoological Museum University of Hamburg Hamburg Germany
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- Center of Natural History Zoological Museum University of Hamburg Hamburg Germany
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- Center of Natural History Zoological Museum University of Hamburg Hamburg Germany
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Neiber MT, Helfenrath K, Walther F, Hausdorf B. Ecological specialization resulting in restricted gene flow promotes differentiation in door snails. Mol Phylogenet Evol 2019; 141:106608. [PMID: 31493464 DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2019.106608] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/16/2019] [Accepted: 09/03/2019] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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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 across their broadly overlapping ranges in the Crimean Mountains. The hypothesized effect of ecological specialization on diversification is supported by STRUCTURE analyses that showed that Mentissa gracilicosta that is restricted to limestone rocks, is subdivided into several distinct clusters, whereas all populations of the species adapted to more continuous habitat, the forests-dwelling Mentissa canalifera, were assigned to a single cluster. Furthermore, it is supported by AMOVAs that showed that a larger part of the genetic variation of M. gracilicosta is apportioned among populations than in M. canalifera. The stronger genetic differentiation of the M. gracilicosta populations corresponds to their more distinct morphological differentiation that resulted in the classification of M. gracilicosta into several geographical subspecies, whereas the more continuously distributed M. canalifera was not subdivided into subspecies. The stronger differentiation of populations of M. gracilicosta compared to M. canalifera can be ascribed to reduced gene flow between the isolated populations of M. gracilicosta and to founder events associated with the long distance dispersal events that are necessary for the colonization of isolated rocks by M. gracilicosta. In Central Europe, the Pleistocene climatic oscillations selected for species with high dispersal abilities, whereas the more stable climate in southern Europe facilitated the non-adaptive radiation of rock-dwelling door snails. Thus, the intrinsic ecological properties of these species groups contributed to the latitudinal diversity gradient.
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- Marco T Neiber
- Center of Natural History, Zoological Museum, University of Hamburg, Martin-Luther-King-Platz 3, 20146 Hamburg, Germany
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- Center of Natural History, Zoological Museum, University of Hamburg, Martin-Luther-King-Platz 3, 20146 Hamburg, Germany
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- Center of Natural History, Zoological Museum, University of Hamburg, Martin-Luther-King-Platz 3, 20146 Hamburg, Germany
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- Center of Natural History, Zoological Museum, University of Hamburg, Martin-Luther-King-Platz 3, 20146 Hamburg, Germany.
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Fehér Z, Szatmari PM, Szekeres M. A new isolated subspecies of Alopia livida (Menke, 1828) (Gastropoda: Pulmonata: Clausiliidae) from the Făgăraş Mountains, Romania. FOLIA MALACOLOGICA 2019. [DOI: 10.12657/folmal.027.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022]
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Páll-Gergely B, Szekeres M, Fehér Z, Asami T, Harl J. Evolution of a dextral lineage by left-right reversal in Cristataria
(Gastropoda, Pulmonata, Clausiliidae). J ZOOL SYST EVOL RES 2019. [DOI: 10.1111/jzs.12277] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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- Barna Páll-Gergely
- Plant Protection Institute; Centre for Agricultural Research; Hungarian Academy of Sciences; Budapest Hungary
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- Institute of Plant Biology; Biological Research Centre of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences; Szeged Hungary
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- Department of Zoology; Hungarian Natural History Museum; Budapest Hungary
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- Department of Biology; Shinshu University; Matsumoto Japan
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- Department of Pathobiology; Institute of Pathology and Forensic Veterinary Medicine; University of Veterinary Medicine; Vienna Austria
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