<i>SUCCINEA PUTRIS</i>: A TERRESTRIAL OPISTHOBRANCH MOLLUSC

Rigby, Joyce E.

doi:10.1111/j.1469-7998.1965.tb05194.x

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“…These blind sacs are generally assumed to function as a spermatheca ( = receptaculum seminis) storing foreign sperm, even though a functional distinction between the pouch and the sacs has not been pointed out (Perez, 1868;Meisenheimer, 1907;Baecker, 1932). The same function has been proposed for a similar structure in other stylommatophoran snails, Oxychiius and Succinea (Rigby, 1963(Rigby, , 1965. The blind sacs are also found in Cepaea and Arianta, and in all species mentioned contain oriented spermatozoa (Plate I(a)).…”

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“…This particular position is the main reason for supposing that they are foreign sperm. Rigby (1965) states that the presence of sperm in the sacs of Succinea depends on copulation, but does not present any material supporting this statement. Meisenheimer ( 1907) has proposed that the fertilization pouch also may store foreign sperm; in fact the distal part of the pouch looks very like the sacs in transverse sections.…”

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confidence: 94%

“…The morphology of the genital tracts and their function in conducting and storing sperm are associated with the function of the spermatophore. The most detailed accounts of these subjects are found in the papers by Meisenheimer (1907Meisenheimer ( , 1912, Baecker (1932) and Breucker (1964), and, concerning other Stylommatophora, Hyman (1967), Hofmann (1923) and Rigby (1963Rigby ( , 1965. Some new facts on the "biology" of sperm are presented and discussed in relation to the function of the genital organs and the spermatophore.…”

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The functional significance of the spermatophore and the fate of spermatozoa in the genital tract of Helix pomatia (Gastropoda: Stylommatophora)

Lind

1973

Journal of Zoology

111

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In the Helicidae and in some other Stylommatophora the sperm are transferred in a spermatophore, even though there appears to be no need for protection of the sperm during the transfer. The function of the spermatophore and related problems concerning the genital organs of Helix pomatia were studied by means of morphological and experimental methods. The spermatophore is necessary to ensure the functioning of the female system at copulation. Its structure allows some of the spermatozoa it contains to escape through its tail canal, pass from the stalk of the bursa and reach the spermatheca by way of the oviduct; but most of the sperm pass into the bursa copulatrix and are destroyed, as is also the fate of the spermatophore. Only foreign sperm are stored in the spermatheca. Spermiogenesis was found to take place throughout the whole summer. At intervals some sperm are released from the hermaphrodite duct and are conducted via the spermoviduct and oviduct to the bursa, where they are digested. The two grooves of the spermoviduct are functionally separated only for a few minutes at actual copulation, when sperm are conducted to the copulatory organs, where the spermatophore is being formed.

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The functional significance of the spermatophore and the fate of spermatozoa in the genital tract of Helix pomatia (Gastropoda: Stylommatophora)

Lind

1973

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“…The gain of a spermatheca with a single (C‐3) or multiple sperm storing tubules (C‐4) occurred from a carrefour with a fertilization pouch (C‐2) independently at least twice (Table 1) and from all possible states at least three times. Beside the large group of Helicoidea/Discidae with complex sperm‐storage organs within their carrefour, Succinea has a spermatheca with two sperm storing tubules (Rigby 1965) and the Orthalicidae, represented by Bulimulus and Drymaeus , have spermathecae with a high number of tubules (van Mol 1971). Moreover, in the group of Limacoidea several species occur that possess a spermatheca with one sperm storing tubule (e.g.…”

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Evolution of female sperm-storage organs in the carrefour of stylommatophoran gastropods

Beese

Armbruster

Beier

et al. 2009

Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research

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The presence of specialized female sperm-storage organs has been recognized as an important factor influencing postcopulatory sexual selection via sperm competition and cryptic female choice in internally fertilizing species. We morphologically examined the complexity of sperm-storage organs in the carrefour (spermatheca and fertilization pouch) in 47 species of stylommatophoran gastropods. We used partial 28S rDNA sequences to construct a molecular phylogeny, and applied maximum likelihood (ML) and Bayesian methods to investigate the history of spermatheca diversification and to test different hypotheses of sperm-storage organ evolution. The phylogenetic reconstruction supported several gains and losses of spermathecae. Moreover, a complex spermatheca was associated with the occurrence of love darts or other kinds of auxiliary copulatory organs, the presence of a long penial flagellum, and cross-fertilization as the predominant mating system. However, our results also suggest associations of carrefour complexity with body size, reproductive strategy (semelparity versus iteroparity), reproductive mode (oviparity versus ovoviviparity), and habitat type. Carrefour length in 17 snail species possessing a spermatheca was positively correlated with sperm length.Our results indicate that postcopulatory sexual selection as well as life history and habitat specificity may have influenced the evolution of female sperm-storage organs in hermaphroditic gastropods.

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“…Data on ecology and life history of the Succineidae in Europe are scarce (Cejka, 1999). Rigby (1965) reported some data on the histology, functional morphology and some aspects of life history of Succinea putris (Linnaeus 1758). Nine species of the family Succineidae are found in Europe and four in Slovenia.…”

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Occurrence of the Common Amber Snail Succinea Putris (L.) (Gastropoda: Styllomatophora) on Japanese Knotweed (Fallopia Japonica [Houtt.] Ronse Decraene) in Slovenia - Possible Weed Biocontrol Agent?

Laznik¹,

Trdan²

2017

SAR

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Japanese knotweed, Fallopia japonica is one of the most troublesome invasive alien plant in Europe and North America. In 2012 we started monitoring for possible indigenous natural enemies of Japanese knotweed in Slovenia. In Zgornji Log, near Litija (46°4′38.09″N, 14°49′31.65″E; 245 m) on the river Sava, we recorded several plants of F. japonica damaged by the common amber snail Succinea putris. In this paper we discuss the possibility of the biological control of Japanese knotweed with S. putris.

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SUCCINEA PUTRIS: A TERRESTRIAL OPISTHOBRANCH MOLLUSC

Abstract: An account of the histology and functional morphology of the alimentary system (excluding the mueculature of the buccal meas) and of the reproductive system is presented.

Cited by 38 publications

References 13 publications

The functional significance of the spermatophore and the fate of spermatozoa in the genital tract of Helix pomatia (Gastropoda: Stylommatophora)

The functional significance of the spermatophore and the fate of spermatozoa in the genital tract of Helix pomatia (Gastropoda: Stylommatophora)

Evolution of female sperm-storage organs in the carrefour of stylommatophoran gastropods

Occurrence of the Common Amber Snail Succinea Putris (L.) (Gastropoda: Styllomatophora) on Japanese Knotweed (Fallopia Japonica [Houtt.] Ronse Decraene) in Slovenia - Possible Weed Biocontrol Agent?

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