J. M. Pérez, Miguel Carrillo Pacheco, Jonathan P. Miller
{"title":"First record of a rare sinistral specimen of Pyramidula jaenensis (Clessin, 1882) (Gastropoda: Pyramidulidae) in Spain","authors":"J. M. Pérez, Miguel Carrillo Pacheco, Jonathan P. Miller","doi":"10.12657/folmal.030.009","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.12657/folmal.030.009","url":null,"abstract":"Enantiomorphism in gastropods is related to the shell shape: high-spired snails present a higher proportion of enantiomorphs, in the low-spired snails it is less frequent. This could be a consequence of the way the snails mate; shell mounting mating occurs in the high-spired species and is independent of the chirality while the low-spired snails mate face-to-face which implies a certain degree of genitalia adjustment for successful copulation. Cases of sinistral Pyramidula have been reported in Eurasia, however, it is the first time it has been observed in P. jaenensis and Spain.","PeriodicalId":309868,"journal":{"name":"Folia Malacologica","volume":"11 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-04-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"122223220","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"A new species of Acmella (Gastropoda: Assimineidae) from Peninsular Malaysia","authors":"Junn Kitt Foon, Mohammad Effendi bin Marzuki","doi":"10.12657/folmal.030.002","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.12657/folmal.030.002","url":null,"abstract":"A new species Acmella paeninsularis from the limestone hills of Perak, Peninsular Malaysia is described based on an ample material. Its diagnostic characters in comparison with related species are given.","PeriodicalId":309868,"journal":{"name":"Folia Malacologica","volume":"295 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"116212748","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Land snails of Bozcaada island, Turkey with anatomical and distributional notes for several species","authors":"A. Örstan, P. Ovalis","doi":"10.12657/folmal.030.005","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.12657/folmal.030.005","url":null,"abstract":"A survey of the land snails of Bozcaada, a small island in the Aegean Sea near the northwest coast of Turkey, found 30 species. Mediterranea depressa (Sterki) was recorded for the first time in Turkey. Five species in the family Enidae were found on the island; the most unexpected one was Chondrus tournefortianus (Férussac) outside of its previously known range. The conchological and anatomical characteristics of the specimens identified as Meijeriella cf. raynevaliana (Bourguignat) are given and the associated taxonomic issues are briefly discussed. Anatomies of Monacha claustralis (Rossmässler), Orculella critica (Pfeiffer) and Oxychilus cyprius (Pfeiffer) are also presented. As expected, the land snail faunas of Bozcaada, the nearby islands of Gökçeada and Limnos and the mainland Turkey share some species. Some of the differences in the species compositions of these areas may be explained as results of human-mediated introductions.","PeriodicalId":309868,"journal":{"name":"Folia Malacologica","volume":"7 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"114351974","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"First record and description of a new Scabrina species (Gastropoda: Cyclophoridae) from Peninsular Malaysia","authors":"Junn Kitt Foon, Mohammad Effendi bin Marzuki","doi":"10.12657/folmal.030.003","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.12657/folmal.030.003","url":null,"abstract":"A new species Scabrina belang from the limestone hills of north-western Peninsular Malaysia is described. This operculated land snail of the family Cyclophoridae differs from its nearest congeners S. calyx and S. inglisianus in a combination of characters namely, a notched inner peristome, a wing-like extension at the outer peristome at the parieto-palatal region and a flatter shell. This is the first record of the genus Scabrina in Peninsular Malaysia, extending the known range of the genus 1,000 km southwards.","PeriodicalId":309868,"journal":{"name":"Folia Malacologica","volume":"75 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"127286295","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Five new Diplommatinidae of the genera Arinia H. et A. Adams, 1856, Notharinia Vermeulen, Phung et Truong, 2007, and Opisthostoma W. T. Blanford et H. Blandford, 1860 (Gastropoda: Caenogastropoda) from Borneo","authors":"J. Vermeulen, M. Khalik","doi":"10.12657/folmal.030.004","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.12657/folmal.030.004","url":null,"abstract":"Five new species are described: Arinia bathyodon sp. nov., A. congener sp. nov., A. semiconica sp. nov., Notharinia xenos sp. nov. and Opisthostoma hemituba sp. nov., all belonging to the family Diplommatinidae. They occur on limestone hills in Borneo: Sarawak (Malaysia) and East Kalimantan (Indonesia).","PeriodicalId":309868,"journal":{"name":"Folia Malacologica","volume":"87 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"130696212","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Vukašin Gojšina, B. Páll‐Gergely, M. Vujić, I. Dedov
{"title":"First record of the genus Xeropicta Monterosato, 1892 (Gastropoda: Eupulmonata: Geomitridae) in Serbia","authors":"Vukašin Gojšina, B. Páll‐Gergely, M. Vujić, I. Dedov","doi":"10.12657/folmal.030.008","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.12657/folmal.030.008","url":null,"abstract":"Xeropicta Monterosato is a pulmonate xerophilous snail genus of the family Geomitridae. It is distributed in the eastern Mediterranean and the Black Sea region and also in Asia Minor, Ukraine, the Caucasus, the Middle East and Iran. No species of this genus was known from Serbia until now. Here, we present the first record of Xeropicta from Serbia. Morphological, anatomical and ecological characteristics of the species as well as its variation are discussed. Because of the wide shell variation, the analysed specimens were identified based on anatomy, and correspond to X. krynickii. However, in their shell morphology, some specimens resemble X. derbentina. Therefore, here they are treated as X. cf. krynickii. Further studies should shed more light on their identity.","PeriodicalId":309868,"journal":{"name":"Folia Malacologica","volume":"2013 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"128012267","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Mowing in agri-environmental schemes (AES) and rare species of Vertigo snails: hope for grasslands but a threat to snails","authors":"A. Lipińska, W. Bielański","doi":"10.12657/folmal.030.001","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.12657/folmal.030.001","url":null,"abstract":"Four Vertigo species are covered by special forms of protection under Annex II of the Habitats Directive. The habitats of these snails are currently rare in Europe. Since typical conservation practices are ineffective for this ecosystem, support mechanisms for measures maintaining biodiversity have been incorporated into agriculture in the form of agri-environmental schemes (AES). However, an inappropriately designed AES may threaten the survival of populations of globally endangered species such as Vertigo moulinsiana (Dupuy) as mowing and swath removal dates coincide with the snails’ activity period in the upper parts of the mown plants, the majority of their population will be removed from the area along with the harvested swath. In addition, mowing instantaneously and radically alters the habitat’s microclimate. The policy of mowing the total area thus leads to unprecedented habitat homogenisation across the landscape, especially when machine mowers are used. In the case of V. moulinsiana, the best approach would be not to mow the whole area but to leave a part unmown where these snails could live unhindered. Instead of machines, traditional mowing could be implemented, which entails cutting at a greater height above the sedge clump level. This would not destroy the tussock structure and would allow the habitat to recreate itself. In combination with the designation of unmown refuges, the effects of this approach could be quite beneficial to the snails.","PeriodicalId":309868,"journal":{"name":"Folia Malacologica","volume":"344 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"132690199","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Ashwin Leyland, N. M. Rao, Romit Shilpe, Rohan K. Menzies
{"title":"First record of aquatic behaviour in an endemic terrestrial snail Indrella ampulla (Benson, 1850) (Gastropoda: Helicarionoidea: Ariophantidae)","authors":"Ashwin Leyland, N. M. Rao, Romit Shilpe, Rohan K. Menzies","doi":"10.12657/folmal.030.006","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.12657/folmal.030.006","url":null,"abstract":"Indrella ampulla (Benson) is a highly endemic species found in the Western Ghats of India which has been regarded as a terrestrial or arboreal snail since its initial description. We report the first evidence of I. ampulla exhibiting the ability to survive and move underwater. This record could change our understanding of the species and will be beneficial to conservation and research on the species which are less likely to be restricted by water barriers than previously thought.","PeriodicalId":309868,"journal":{"name":"Folia Malacologica","volume":"528 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"132306512","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"New Serbian records of the slug Tandonia kusceri (H. Wagner, 1931) (Gastropoda: Eupulmonata: Milacidae) suggest its continuous dispersal to the north","authors":"Vukašin Gojšina","doi":"10.12657/folmal.029.027","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.12657/folmal.029.027","url":null,"abstract":"Tandonia kusceri (H. Wagner) is a terrestrial slug native to the Balkan Peninsula (S. Serbia, N. Macedonia, Bulgaria and Dobrudja region of Romania) and the European part of Turkey. In Serbia, it was known mostly from the southern regions. The northernmost locality (Palić settlement, near Subotica) reported here suggests that the slug’s distribution is nearly continuous from its native range until Slovakia. The new record was first recognised from the pictures posted on a Facebook group for insect identification in 2021. The identification was subsequently confirmed by anatomical examination. This further emphasises the importance of social media in monitoring the spread of invasive invertebrates.","PeriodicalId":309868,"journal":{"name":"Folia Malacologica","volume":"41 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-12-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"133609180","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}