Stylommatophora


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Sty`lom`ma`toph´o`ra


n. pl.1.(Zool.) A division of Pulmonata in which the eyes are situated at the tips of the tentacles. It includes the common land snails and slugs. See Illust. under Snail.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, published 1913 by G. & C. Merriam Co.
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All of them are exotic and classified into Stylommatophora, which includes monoic gastropods with invaginable (rather than contractile) ommatophores and a respiratory pore (THOME et al., 2006).
In terrestrial snails such as the helicids, Limacidae, and other Stylommatophora, increased undulation and subsequent propulsion over land are maximized by a long, broad, muscular foot, accompanied by a subparallel rotation of the shell, which decreases the center of gravity (Miller.
Giant African land snail, Lissachatina fulica (Bowdich) (Gastropoda: Stylommatophora: Achatinidae) is an important invasive pest currently present in Miami-Dade and Broward counties of Florida.
Growth and reproduction of the slug Deroceras laeve (Muller) (Pulmonata: Stylommatophora) under controlled conditions.
A comparative study on neurosecretion demonstrated by the alcian blue-alcian yellow technique in three terrestrial pulmonates (Stylommatophora).
Mayr (2008); texto 4: Analise biossemiotica voltada para sistemas ecologicos- Brando e Caldeira (2007); texto 5: O caramujo exotico invasor Achatinafulica (Stylommatophora, Mollusca) no Estado do Rio de Janeiro (Brasil): situacao atual --Zanol, Fernandez, Oliveira, Russo e Thiengo (2010); texto 6: Especificidade de hospedeiro: padroes ecologicos de insetos fitofagos em ecossistemas tropicias--Nascimento e Monteiro (2008), e texto 7: Coevolucao--Pite e Avelar (1996), selecionados pela pesquisadora, os quais abordavam o conceito estudado; (ii) discussoes em grupo dos textos.
The exotic invasive snail Achatina fulica (Stylommatophora, Mollusca) in the State of Rio de Janeiro (Brazil): current status.
Mesogastropoda only occurred in habitats coded as P100 and P200 whereas Stylommatophora Symphyla Geophilomorpha Polydesmida and Anoplura did not occur only in habitats coded as P30 and M30.