A Cenozoic Record of Deep Oceanic Zn Isotopic Composition in Ferromanganese Crusts

M Zhao, N Planavsky, X Wang, Y Zhang… - American Journal of …, 2023 - ajsonline.org
Water plays a critical role in erosion and sediment transport and this relationship is most
evident in the hyperarid Atacama Desert of Northern Chile, a region characterized by …

Testing the influence of sediment depth on drilling behaviour of Neverita duplicata (Gastropoda: Naticidae), with a review of alternative modes of predation by naticids

CC Visaggi, GP Dietl, PH Kelley - Journal of Molluscan Studies, 2013 - academic.oup.com
Predatory naticid gastropods typically attack other infaunal molluscs by drilling holes that
record their activities in the shells of their prey. Other modes of naticid predation, which need …

The microbiota of moon snail egg collars is shaped by host-specific factors

K Piedl, FO Aylward, E Mevers - Microbiology Spectrum, 2024 - journals.asm.org
ABSTRACT Moon snails (Family: Naticidae) lay eggs using a mixture of mucus and
sediment to form an egg mass commonly referred to as an egg collar. These egg collars do …

Gastropod skeletal defences: land, freshwater, and sea compared

G Vermeij - Vita Malacologica, 2015 - repository.naturalis.nl
Predation is a primary agency of natural selection affecting the evolution of skeletal form in
gastropods. The nature of antipredatory defence depends on how predators attack their prey …

Identifying gastropod spawn from DNA barcodes: possible but not yet practicable

N Puillandre, EE Strong, P Bouchet… - Molecular Ecology …, 2009 - Wiley Online Library
Identifying life stages of species with complex life histories is problematic as species are
often only known and/or described from a single stage. DNA barcoding has been touted as …

[HTML][HTML] How many species of Mollusca are there in Brazil? A collective taxonomic effort to reveal this still unknown diversity

FM Machado, MS Miranda, RB Salvador… - Zoologia …, 2023 - SciELO Brasil
The expression 'you need to know to conserve'is a well-known cliche among biologists.
Documenting the richness of a group of organisms is the first step towards understanding …

Discovery of Biofilm Inhibitors from the Microbiota of Marine Egg Masses

L Kyei, K Piedl, C Menegatti, EM Miller… - Journal of Natural …, 2024 - ACS Publications
Biofilms commonly develop in immunocompromised patients, which leads to persistent
infections that are difficult to treat. In the biofilm state, bacteria are protected against both …

A comparative analysis of mucus immunomodulatory properties from seven marine gastropods from the Mediterranean Sea

C Sansone, C Balestra, L Pistelli, A Del Mondo, D Osca… - Cells, 2022 - mdpi.com
The treatment of inflammatory and immune-related diseases due to dysfunctioning of the
immune system necessitates modulation of the immune response through …

First elucidation of the life cycle in the family Brachycladiidae (Digenea), parasites of marine mammals

G Kremnev, A Gonchar, V Krapivin, O Knyazeva… - International Journal for …, 2020 - Elsevier
Digeneans of the family Brachycladiidae are cosmopolitan parasites restricted to marine
mammals. Their life cycles are unknown. Phylogenetically, Brachycladiidae are closely …

Family Naticidae (Gastropoda) from the Upper Jurassic of Kutch, India and a critical reappraisal of taxonomy and time of origination of the family

SS Das, S Mondal, S Saha, S Bardhan… - Journal of …, 2019 - cambridge.org
Naticid taxonomy is in a state of flux owing to non-descript shell morphology and frequent
convergence. Inadequate preservation of naticid body fossils has further complicated the …