Auricularia auricula-judae is a saprobic European jelly fungus with traditional culinary and medicinal significance, often said to resemble human ear. It was originally named Tremella auricula by Linnaeus has been moved different genera since, but its specific epithet also changed from auricula to auri...

Learning and memory provide the flexibility an organism requires to respond to changing social and ecological conditions. Juvenile Lymnaea have previously been shown to have a diminished capacity to form long-term memory (LTM) following operant conditioning of aerial respiratory behavior. Juvenile Lymnaea, however, can form LTM following classical conditioning of appetitive behaviors. Here, we ...

In the course of a trip to Ecuador I had the opportunity of collecting topotypic specimens of the following nominal species of pulmonate molluscs: Biomphalaria cousini Paraense, 1966; Planorbis equatorius Cousin, 1887; P. canonicus Cousin, 1887; Lymnaea cousini Jousseaume, 1887 and P. boetzkesi Miller, 1879. Additional findings were: Helisoma trivolvis (Say, 1817), Biomphalaria peregrina (Orbig...

in the field trials of slow-release nollusicide, copper content mcckechnie chemical inc. 30 cuso4 5h2o or 7.5 cupellet/sinking material 7 days release life were tested against the common aquatic snails bulinus truncatus, physa acuta and lymnaea gedrosiana in stagnant water bodies in khuzestan province, south-west of iran. snail densities before treatment and 7 days after mollucicide application...

The Algerian Nuthatch is an endemic and protected bird species in Algeria, its different habitats are threatened by fires others human actions; the therefore considered ‘Endangered’. A faecal samples analysis of species’ nestlings was done to determine their diet. nestling were collected during breeding season 2019 Tamentout deciduous forest region Babors’ Kabylia (north-east Algeria). allowed ...

two snail species belonging to genus lymnaea, l.auricularia and l.gedrosiana, were collected from 6 different districts of shadegan area of khoozestan. eight percent of the total collections of the snails revealed the occurrence of larva in them. the prevalence of larva within the snails varied in different districts may be due to different geoclimatic conditions and availability of fresh water...