Predatory gastropods as natural enemies of terrestrial gastropods and other invertebrates.

Barker, G. M.; Efford, Murray G.

doi:10.1079/9780851993195.0279

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“…The absence of land snail herbivory on elements of the large flora of herbaceous perennial plants is remarkable, but there is anyway a general spatial incongruence between habitat of these plants and that of most snails. The near absence of indigenous land snail in areas subject to anthropogenic disturbance (Barker, 2002) asserts to the dependence of the New Zealand fauna on retention of a humus layer buffered from the weather by vegetation cover. Nekola (2003) documented similar sensitivities in North American land snails.…”

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The character of the New Zealand land snail fauna and communities: some evolutionary and ecological perspectives

Barker¹

2005

Rec West Aust Mus Sup

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-Alan Solem highlighted the high alpha diversity of land snails that occur in forests of mid-western North Island New Zealand, This paper examines patterns of diversity in land snails across the entire New Zealand archipelago, with a review of the biogeography and composition of taxon groups and with analyses of faunal composition and ecological diversity at national, island and bioregion scales based primarily on collation of museum records, Community composition and structure are also analysed using two extensive series of plot-based assessments, The fauna is primarily Gondwanan in origin, with apparently little influence from establishment of new taxa by chance dispersal since the late Paleocene. It has undergone extensive in situ cladogenesis and speciation that, combined with island biogeographic processes of dispersal and extinction, have resulted in marked intraarchipelago differences in the character of regional species pools. Species richness of communities (0 74 for 400 m 2 plots) was shown to vary substantially within and between bioregions, in part related to patterns of niche availability driven by temporal and spatial heterogeneity in environmental conditions and floristic diverSity, It is concluded that in general the New Zealand land snail communities are not in a state of equilibrium, and that the highly dynamic nature of the environment prevents this, Only where regional conditions have favoured persistence of a diversity of forest habitat over several million years is high mean species richness evident at the plot scale, The New Zealand fauna exhibits a strong predominance of minute species with low shell height:diameter ratios. The essentially unimodal dispersion in the shell morphospace contrasts markedly with the bimodal pattern exhibited in many other faunas, If shell shapes define the repertoire of available niches then there is something different about New Zealand in respect to the niches occupied by land snails. However, the shell morphology in the New Zealand representatives of snail families conforms rather closely to that expected within the respective families worldwide, suggesting the morphospace pattern seen in the New Zealand fauna is largely a product of phylogenetic constraint, and has little to do with ecology. The high levels of cladogenesis evident in the New Zealand fauna suggest innovations in ecological niches that are not evident in examination of the shell height:diameter morphospace,

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The character of the New Zealand land snail fauna and communities: some evolutionary and ecological perspectives

Barker¹

2005

Rec West Aust Mus Sup

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“…It is unlikely that many gastropod will be found that can filfill these criteria. An extensive review of attempts to control pest molluscs using predatory gastropods can be found in Barker & Efford (2004).…”

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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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“…The aperture shows a partial occlusion in its median region due to the palatal tooth and the columellar lamella. Apertural occlusions by strong structures such as seen in C. carvalhoi are typical barriers that protect against predators that attack through the aperture (Solem, 1972;Goodfriend, 1986;Stanley, 1988;Vermeij, 1993;Gittenberger, 1996;Barker & Efford, 2004).…”

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“…As C. coelhoi has only the columellar lamella, it is plausible to suppose that, due to this fossil's old age, the lamella has been the first structure to appear in the genus' history; the other teeth and lamellae would have appeared later. The strong and raised lamella of C. coelhoi is a typical barrier to obstruct the aperture, protecting the animal against predators (Solem, 1972;Goodfriend, 1986;Stanley, 1988;Vermeij, 1993;Gittenberger, 1996;Barker & Efford, 2004 Geographic and stratigraphic occurrence: With this record, the species is also known from the limestones of Itaboraí Basin. The precise stratigraphic occurrence can't be assessed; probably Sequence S1, the same sequence of occurrence of the other orthalicids (Medeiros & Bergqvist, 1999;Bergqvist et al 2006).…”

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“…The strong parietal tooth (actually a fusion of the parietal and angular lamellae) occluding half the aperture seen in G. mezzalirai is typical of the genus Gastrocopta (Schileyko, 1998b). These teeth do not extend themselves towards the shell interior, indicating that their function should have been protection against predators that attack trough the aperture (Solem, 1972;Goodfriend, 1986;Stanley, 1988;Vermeij, 1993;Gittenberger, 1996;Barker & Efford, 2004). Geographic and stratigraphic occurrence: Known only from the type locality.…”

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Taxonomic revision of the fossil pulmonate mollusks of Itaboraí Basin (Paleocene), Brazil

Salvador¹,

Simone²

2013

Pap. Avulsos Zool. (São Paulo)

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Predatory gastropods as natural enemies of terrestrial gastropods and other invertebrates.

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The character of the New Zealand land snail fauna and communities: some evolutionary and ecological perspectives

The character of the New Zealand land snail fauna and communities: some evolutionary and ecological perspectives

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?

Taxonomic revision of the fossil pulmonate mollusks of Itaboraí Basin (Paleocene), Brazil

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