It has been argued that globalization in human-mediated dispersal of species breaks down
biogeographic boundaries, yet empirical tests are still missing. We used data on native and …

Many land snails are vulnerable to climate change as a consequence of small distribution
ranges and poor dispersal. South America is a diverse region in terms of land snail fauna …

Climate change and invasive species are critical factors affecting native land snail diversity.
In South America, the introduced Giant African Snail (Lissachatina fulica) has spread …

To date, 21 species of the genus Angiostrongylus (Nematoda: Angiostrongylidae) have
been reported around the world, 15 of which are parasites of rodents. In this study, new host …

Accurate distributional information is crucial for studies on systematics, biodiversity and
conservation. To improve the knowledge regarding the geographical distribution of …

Twenty-five sub-ecoregions make Argentina from southern South America a favored area to
study the mutual correspondence between environments and biodiversity. Unfortunately …

Bradybaena similaris (Férussac, 1822) is an invasive land snail species native to East Asia,
which is widely distributed in South America, including Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, Uruguay …

The exotic land gastropod Ovachlamys fulgens (Gude, 1900), aka the jumping snail, was
registered in Eldorado city, Misiones province, constituting the first documented record of …

Sarasinula plebeia is a common land slug in tropical and subtropical areas, including South
America. This species is known as Bean-slug but considered a pest of great importance in …

The malacological collection of the Universidade Federal de Santa Maria, curated by Dr.
Carla B. Kotzian, has been recently donated to the Museu de Zoologia da Universidade de …