Apple snails (Ampullariidae) are among the largest and most ecologically important
freshwater snails. The introduction of multiple species has reinvigorated the field and …

ABSTRACT 2,604 names at the rank of subtribe, tribe, subfamily, family and superfamily
have been proposed for Recent and fossil gastropods, and another 35 for …

Molluscs comprise the second largest phylum of animals (after arthropods), occurring in
virtually all habitats. Some are commercially important, a few are pests and some carry …

The world's gastropod fauna from continental waters comprises∼ 4,000 valid described
species and a minimum of 33–38 independent lineages of Recent Neritimorpha …

Mollusca, the second‐most diverse animal phylum, is estimated to have over 100,000 living
species with great genetic and phenotypic diversity, a rich fossil record, and a considerable …

Gastropods are a highly diverse clade of molluscs that includes many familiar animals, such
as limpets, snails, slugs and sea slugs. It is one of the most abundant groups of animals in …

Gastropod molluscs are among the most diverse and abundant animals in the oceans, and
are successful colonizers of terrestrial and freshwater environments. Past phylogenetic …

Background Gastropod mitochondrial genomes exhibit an unusually great variety of gene
orders compared to other metazoan mitochondrial genome such as eg those of vertebrates …

The controversial interrelationships of the major clades of the reptant decapods are resolved
by simultaneous analysis of 16S, 18S, and 28S rRNA sequences in combination with …

Caenogastropoda is the dominant group of marine gastropods in terms of species numbers,
diversity of habit and habitat and ecological importance. This paper reports the first …