Terrestrial gastropods do not only inhabit humid and cool environments but also habitat in
which hot and dry conditions prevail. Snail species that are able to cope with such climatic …

In an era of global change, thermal biology and ecology are becoming increasingly popular
topics in invertebrate research, including molluscs. However, this area of research is still …

In terrestrial snails, thermal selection acts on shell coloration. However, the biological
relevance of small differences in the intensity of shell pigmentation and the associated …

The best-studied example of polymorphism of shell colour and shell pattern in molluscs is
Cepaea nemoralis (L.). Colour and pattern are determined by linked loci in disequilibrium. A …

Terrestrial snails which live under dry and hot conditions need efficient mechanisms of
adaptation to counteract the problems of desiccation and over-heating. A profoundly heat …

Climate change is a global environmental threat, directly affecting biodiversity. Terrestrial
gastropods are particularly susceptible to alterations in temperature and humidity and have …

Exotic invasive plants are known to decrease mollusc species richness and also
abundances of many snail species. However, there is not much evidence on how invasive …

Land snails frequently encounter desiccating conditions, and their survival depends on a
suite of morphological, physiological, and molecular adaptations to the specific microhabitat …

Abstract The Mediterranean land snail Xeropicta derbentina forms huge populations in
Southern France. In order to characterize heat exposure and the induction of the 70-kD heat …

The internal temperature of land snails depends on environmental factors, such as exposure
to electromagnetic radiation and airflow as well as biotic factors including shell size, shell …