Land snails of the Fernando de Noronha archipelago, Brazil

Autor(es)

Lucci Freitas, Andre Victor ^[1] ; Miranda, Marcel Sabino ^[2] ; Passos, Flivio Dias ^[1]

Afiliação do(s) autor(es)

^[1] Univ Estadual Campinas UNICAMP, Inst Biol, Dept Biol Anim, Campinas, SP - Brazil

^[2] Univ Estadual Campinas UNICAMP, Programa Posgrad Biol Anim, Campinas, SP - Brazil

• Tipo de documento: Artigo Científico
• Fonte: AMERICAN MALACOLOGICAL BULLETIN; v. 37, n. 2, p. 66-69, DEC 2019.
• Citações Web of Science: 0

Resumo

Oceanic island biotas are known by their high levels of endemism and high vulnerability. In Brazil, only few islands have been studied. The present study reports general information on the distribution and abundance of terrestrial gastropods of the Fernando de Noronha archipelago, a group of islands 345 km off the Brazilian coast. In total, four species of land snails were recorded: the endemics Hyperaulax ridleyi (Smith, 1890) and Ridleya quinquelirata (Smith, 1890), and the widely distributed Beckianum beckianum (Pfeiffer, 1846), and Allopeas gracile (Hutton, 1834). The most abundant species was H. ridleyi. By reporting the present situation of native land snails of Fernando de Noronha, this study provides data that could help in their conservation, comprising an important first step for planning future conservation strategies for the land biota of the whole archipelago. (AU)

• Processo FAPESP: 18/06347-6 - Biodiversidade e biogeografia de animais bentônicos de mar profundo: um estudo dos Caudofoveata (Mollusca, Aplacophora) do Brasil
• Beneficiário: Flávio Dias Passos
• Modalidade de apoio: Auxílio à Pesquisa - Regular
• Processo FAPESP: 17/01081-5 - Caudofoveata (Mollusca, Aplacophora) do nordeste brasileiro: taxonomia, distribuição e aspectos ecológicos
• Beneficiário: Marcel Sabino Miranda
• Modalidade de apoio: Bolsas no Brasil - Doutorado