Novelties

  • Rauscher, E., 2008. Lézards, retour sur un cas d'évolution prodigieuse. Science & Vie, Août, 2008: 104-109.

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Ours

  • Borges, P.A.V., R. Cunha, R. Gabriel, A.F. Martins, L. Silva & V. Vieira (eds.), 2005.  A list of the terrestrial fauna (Mollusca and Arthropoda) and flora (Bryophyta, Pteridophyta and Spermatophyta) from the Azores, 318 pp. Direcção Regional do Ambiente and Universidade dos Açores, Horta, Angra do Heroísmo and Ponta Delgada.

  • Borges, P.A.V., R. Cunha, R. Gabriel, A.F. Martins, L. Silva, V. Vieira, F. Dinis, P. Lourenço & N. Pinto, 2005. Descrição da Biodiversidade terrestre dos Açores. Description of the terrestrial Azorean biodiversity. In: Borges, P.A.V., R. Cunha, R. Gabriel, A.F. Martins, L. Silva & V. Vieira (eds.), A list of the terrestrial fauna (Mollusca and Arthropoda) and flora (Bryophyta, Pteridophyta and Spermatophyta) from the Azores, pp. 21-68. Direcção Regional de Ambiente and Universidade dos Açores, Horta, Angra do Heroísmo and Ponta Delgada.

  • Borges, P.A.V., R. Cunha, R. Gabriel, A.F. Martins, L. Silva & V. Vieira, 2005. Lista de espécies duvidosas. List of problematic species.In: Borges, P.A.V., R. Cunha, R. Gabriel, A.F. Martins, L. Silva & V. Vieira (eds.), A list of the terrestrial fauna (Mollusca and Arthropoda) and flora (Bryophyta, Pteridophyta and Spermatophyta) from the Azores, pp. 223-230. Direcção Regional de Ambiente and Universidade dos Açores, Horta, Angra do Heroísmo and Ponta Delgada.

  • Borges, P.A.V., R. Cunha, R. Gabriel, A.F. Martins, L. Silva & V. Vieira, 2005. Biodiversidade Terrestre dos Açores. Atlântida, 50: 281-290.

  • Cameron, R.A.D., R.M.T da Cunha & A.M. de Frias Martins, 2007. Chance and necessity: land snail faunas of São Miguel, Açores, compared with those of Madeira. Journal of Molluscan Studies, 73: 11-21.

  • Cunha, R., A.F. Martins, P. Lourenço & A. Rodrigues, 2005. Lista dos Moluscos. In: [Borges, P.A.V., R. Cunha, R. Gabriel, A.F. Martins, L. Silva & V. Vieira (eds.)] - A list of the terrestrial fauna (Mollusca and Arthropoda) and flora (Bryophyta, Pteridophyta and Spermatophyta) from the Azores, pp. 157-161. Direcção Regional do Ambiente and Universidade dos Açores, Horta, Angra do Heroí­smo and Ponta Delgada.

  • Cunha, R.M.T., A. Rodrigues, C.P. Brito, B. Winnipenix & A.M.F. Martins, 1993. Moluscos terrestres da Ilha do Faial. Lista preliminar. Relatórios e Comunicações do Departamento de Biologia. Expedição Científica Faial/93: 22: 53-59.

  • Cunha, R., A.F. Martins, P. Lourenço & A. rodrigues, 2005. Lista dos Moluscos. In: Borges, P.A.V., R. Cunha, R. Gabriel, A.F. Martins, L. Silva & V. Vieira (eds.), A list of the terrestrial fauna (Mollusca and Arthropoda) and flora (Bryophyta, Pteridophyta and Spermatophyta) from the Azores, pp. 157-161. Direcção Regional de Ambiente and Universidade dos Açores, Horta, Angra do Heroísmo and Ponta Delgada.

  • Cunha, R.T., P. Rodrigues, P.J. Melo, C. Gomes, A. Rebelo & A.M. de Frias Martins, 2008.  Moluscos terrestres das Flores e Corvo. Relatórios e Comunicações do Departamento de Biologia, Ponta Delgada, Açores, 35: 41-47.

  • Cunha, R.T., A.S. Rodrigues & H. Sousa, 2001. The influence of temperature and photoperiod on the maturation of the seminal vesicle and albumen gland in Oxychilus (Drouetia)atlanticus (Morelet & Drouët) (Pulmonata, Zonitidae). Proceedings of the 3rd Symposium Fauna and Flora of the Atlantic Islands, Ponta Delgada, 21 - 25 September 1998. Arquipélago- Life and Marine Sciences, Supplement 2- Part B, 67-70.

  • Cunha, R.T., 1993. Notes on the predation of Lymnaea truncatula (Müller, 1774) by the endemic azorean zonitid Oxychilus (Drouetia) atlanticus (Morelet & Drouët, 1857). Proceedings of the Meeting on Evolution and Conservation, Manchester, 1990. Boletim do Museu Municipal do Funchal, Sup. Nº 2: 285-296.

  • Gómez. B.J., & A.S. Rodrigues, 2000. Calcium phosphate granules in the reproductive system of Oxychilus atlanticus (Gastropoda, Pulmonata). Journal of Molluscan Studies, 66: 197-204.

  • Jordaens, K., P. Van Riel, A.M. Frias Martins & T. Backeljau, 2009. Speciation on the Azores islands: congruent patterns in shell morphology, genital anatomy, and molecular markers in endemic land snails (Gastropoda, Leptaxinae). Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 97: 166–176.

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  • Lopes, M., A.S. Rodrigues & I. Marigómez, 2002. Morphology and histology of the digestive gland of Oxychilus (Drouetia) atlanticus (Morelet & Drouët) (Gastropoda: Pulmonata). Arquipélago - Série Ciências da Natureza, Suppl. 2(B): 69-74.

  • Martins, A. M. de Frias, 1981. Oxychilus (Drouetia) agostinhoi new species (Stylommatophora: Zonitidae) from the Azores Islands, its anatomy and phylogenetic relationships. Occasional Papers on Mollusks, The Department of Mollusks, Harvard University, 4 (59): 245-264.

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  • Martins, A. M. de Frias, 1989. Espécies novas do género Oxychilus (Gastropoda: Zonitidae) na Ilha Terceira. Açoreana, 7(1): 55-71.

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  • Martins, A. M. de Frias, 2005. The shaping of a species: the Azorian Drouetia Gude (Pulmonata: Zonitidae: Oxychilus) as a model. Records of the Western Australian Museum, Supplement No. 68: 143-157.

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  • Martins, A.M. de Frias, R. Tristão da Cunha, M.H. Sousa & P.J. Melo, 2006. Distribuição dos moluscos terrestres da ilha do Pico (Açores) e variabilidade de Oxychilus (Drouetia) minor (Morelet, 1860). Relatórios e Comunicações do Departamento de Biologia, 34: 53-67.

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  • Martins, A.M. de Frias, 2002, Moreletina, a new genus of Hygromiidae (Pulmonata: Stylommatophora) from Santa Maria, Açores. Journal of Molluscan Studies, 68: 205-215.

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  • Martins, A.M. de Frias, 2001. Ellobiidae - lost between land and sea. Journal of Shellfish Research, 20(1): 441-446.

  • Martins, A.M. de Frias, 1999. Evolution and distribution of the terrestrial molluscs of the Açores. Bulletin of the Malacological Society of London, 33: 5-6.

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  • Martins, A.M. de Frias, 1995. Terrestrial Molluscs of Ilhéu de Vila Franca do Campo - An illustrated list. In: Martins, A.M. de Frias (ed.), Proceedings of the 2nd International Workshop of Malacology and Marine Biology, São Miguel, Açores, 1991. Açoreana, Suplemento [4]: 249-259.

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  • Martins, A.M. de Frias, 1993. The Azores - westernmost Europe: where evolution can be caught red-handed. In: Hounsome, M.V (ed.), Proceedings of Manchester N Atlantic Islands Conference, September 1990. Boletim do Museu Municipal do Funchal, Suplemento No. 2: 181-198.

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  • Martins, A.M. de Frias, & Th.E.J. Ripken, 1991. Oxychilus (Ortizius) lineolatus n. sp. (Gastropoda: Zonitidae) from Santa Maria Island, Azores. Basteria, 55: 45-53

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  • Martins, A.M. de Frias, 1991. Comparative anatomy of populations of Oxychilus (Drouetia) atlanticus (Morelet et Drouët, 1857) (Pulmonata: Zonitidae) from São Miguel island, Azores. Proceedings of the Tenth International Malacological Congress (Tübingen, 1989): 571-575.

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  • Martins, A.M. de Frias, T. Backeljau, R. M. Tristão da Cunha & C. P. Brito, 1991. Moluscos terrestres da Ilha de Santa Maria. Lista preliminar. Relatórios e Comunicações do Departamento de Biologia. Santa Maria e Formigas/1990, 19: 53-59.

  • Martins, A.M de Frias, R.M.T. Cunha, C.P. Brito & T. Backeljau, 1990. Moluscos terrestres das Flores. Lista preliminar. Relatórios e Comunicações do Departamento de Biologia. Flores/89, 18: 39-45.

  • Martins, A.M. de Frias, 1989. O complexo 'Napaeus 'pruninus (Gastropoda: Napaeidae) em S. Miguel e na Terceira. Açoreana, 7(1): 41-54.

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  • Martins, A.M de Frias, R.M.T. Cunha & C.P. Brito, 1989. Moluscos terrestres da Ilha Graciosa. Lista preliminar. Relatórios e Comunicações do Departamento de Biologia. Graciosa/88: Relatório Preliminar, 17: 41-47.

  • Medeiros, R., C. Brito, António M. Frias Martins, K. Jordaens, P. Van Riel, H. De Wolf, K. Breugelmans & T. Backeljau, 2000. Conservation Genetics of the Endemic Azorean Slug Plutonia atlantica (Morelet, 1860) (Mollusca, Pulmonata). Conservation Biology, 93: 77-84.

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  • Mordan, P.B., & A.M.F. Martins, 2001. A systematic revision of the vitrinid semislugs of the Azores (Gastropoda: Pulmonata). Journal of Molluscan Studies, 67: 343-368.

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  • Patrick Van Riel, Kurt Jordaens, Natalie Van Houtte, A.M. Frias Martins, Ronald Verhagen & Thierry Backeljau, 2005. Molecular systematics of the endemic Leptaxini (Gastropoda: Pulmonata) on the Azores islands. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 37: 132-143.

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  • Rodrigues, A., B. Gómez, R. Tristão da Cunha & A.M. de Frias Martins, 1998. Maturation Diagnostic Characters in Oxychilus (Drouetia) atlanticus (Morelet & Drouët) (Pulmonata, Zonitidae). Iberus, 16(2): 75-84.

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  • Rodrigues, A.S., R.T. Cunha & B. Gómez, 2003. The egg of Oxychilus (Drouetia) atlanticus (pulmonata: Zonitidae): surface structure and carbohydrate composition. Malacologia, 45(1): 121-124.

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  • Rodrigues, A.S., & J. Medeiros, 2005. Reproductive cycle of Leptaxis caldeirarum, a locally endangered Azorean land snail. Invertebrate Reproduction and Development, 47(3): 191-195.

  • Rodrigues, A., & B.J. Gómez, 1999. Copulatory process in Oxychilus (Drouetia) atlanticus (Morelet & Drouët, 1857) (Pulmonata: Zonitidae). Invertebrate Reproduction and Development, 36: 137-139.

  • Van Riel, P., K. Jordaens, R. Verhagen, A.M. Frias Martins & T. Backeljau, 2003. Genetic differentiation reflects geological history in the Azorean land snail, Leptaxis azorica. Heredity, 91: 239-247

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  • Van Riel, P., T. Backeljau, C. Brito, A.M. de Frias Martins, K. Jordaens & R. Verhagen, 1998. Systematics and conservation genetics of the endemic Leptaxinae (Pulmonata: Hygromiidae) in the Azores. Journal of Conchology Special Publication, 2: 309-310.


Theirs

  • Gude, G.K., 1911. Note on some preoccupied molluscan generic names and proposed new genera of the family Zonitidae. Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London, 9: 269-273.

  • Hausdorf, B., 1993. Beiträge zur Nomenklature der europäishen Binnenmollusken, II. Nomenklatorische Bemerkungen zu Paläarktischen Landschnecken (Gastropoda, Stylommatophora). Heldia, 2: 43-46.

  • Morelet, A., 1860. Notice sur l'Histoire Naturelle des Açores suivie d'une description des Mollusques terrestres de cet Archipel, 216 pp. J.-B. Baillière et Fils, Paris.

  • Morelet, A., & H. Drouët, 1857. Conchologiae Azoricae prodromus novarum speciarum diagnoses sistens. Journal de Conchyliologie, 6(2.e série, vol. 2): 148-153.

  • Rauscher, E., 2008. Lézards, retour sur un cas d'évolution prodigieuse. Science & Vie, Août, 2008: 104-109.

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  • Riedel, A., 1980. Genera Zonitidarum, 197 pp. W. Backhuys, Rotterdam.

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  • Riedel, A., 1998. Genera Zonitidarum - Addenda et corrigenda, 91 pp. Muzeum i Instytut Zoologii, Warszawa.

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  • de Winter, A.J., 1989. Remarks on the non-marine molluscan fauna of the Azores. 3. A new species of Drouetia from the Isle of São Miguel (Pulmonata: Zonitidae). Basteria 53: 63-67.

  • Zilch, A., 1959. Gastropoda, Teil 2 Euthyneura, Lief. 2, in: O.H. Schindewolf, Handbuch der Paläozoologie, 6: 201-400. Bomtrager Verlag, Berlin.

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