The arboreal microsnail Pupisoma dioscoricola (C. B. Adams, 1845) from West Bengal, India: morphology, plant preferences and distribution
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The microsnails (Mollusca: Gastropoda), featured by miniscule size (adult shell < 5mm), are little explored among the Indian terrestrial malacofauna. In present study, morphological features, host plant preference and predicted distribution of arboreal microsnail Pupisoma dioscoricola (C. B. Adams, 1845) (Gastropoda: Valloniidae) characterized from West Bengal, India. features were highly correlated showed a positive correlation with body weight. apical angle P. was negatively height weight revealed typical value, indicative adaptations. toothless pupa snail exhibited greater for mango tree over China rose, Bengal quince, mahogany coconut as plant. results species modelling suggested that cultivated or managed vegetation annual precipitation might be most influential factors its distribution. Although study is pioneer effort to describe preferences dioscoricola, further studies should carried out decipher functional roles conservation management such an apparently cryptic organism.
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عنوان ژورنال: Zoology and ecology
سال: 2021
ISSN: ['2165-8005', '2165-8013']
DOI: https://doi.org/10.35513/21658005.2021.2.8