Peroxisomes in pulmonate gastropods.

Phylogenetic relationships and evolution of pulmonate gastropods (Mollusca): new insights from increased taxon sampling.

Phylogenetic relationships among higher clades of pulmonate gastropods are reconstructed based on a data set including one nuclear marker (complete ribosomal 18S) and two mitochondrial markers (partial ribosomal 16S and Cytochrome oxidase I) for a total of 96 species. Sequences for 66 of these species are new to science, with a special emphasis on sampling the Ellobiidae, Onchidiidae, and Veron...

Microscopy and Morphometry of Integument of the Foot of Pulmonate Gastropods Arion rufus and Helix pomatia

Tonar Z. , A. Marko‰: Microscopy and Morphometry of Integument of the Foot of Pulmonate Gastropods Arion rufus and Helix pomatia. Acta Vet. Brno 2004, 73: 3-8. The aim of our work was to carry out morphometric analysis of histological sections through the foot of pulmonate gastropods with an output suitable as a data entry for its biomechanical scaledependent modelling. We studied serial histol...

Chiral Speciation in Terrestrial Pulmonate Snails

On the basis of data in the literature, the percentages of dextral versus sinistral species of snails have been calculated for western Europe, Turkey, North America (north of Mexico), and Japan. When the family of Clausiliidae is represented, about a quarter of all snail species may be sinistral, whereas less than one per cent of the species may be sinistral where that family does not occur. Th...

The Crystalline Style in Gastropods

Lipid biosynthesis in peroxisomes.