Abstract:Six size classes (5-9 mm, 10-14 mm, 15-19 mm, 20-24 mm, 25-30 mm and 30-34 mm) of the ampullariid snail Pomacea bridgesi were experimentally exposed to 10-25 egg capsules of the planorbid snail Indoplanorbis exustus. With one exception, in all the trials performed with the snails of the four highest size classes, egg capsules of I. exustus were destroyed by P. bridgesi, whereas in the 5-9 mm and 10-14 mm size classes, egg capsules were destroyed in 20% and 68.96% of trials respectively. An individual of Pomac… Show more
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