Rediscovery of living land snails on Trindade Island, Brazil

Autor(es)

Salvador, Rodrigo B. ^{[1, 2]} ; Silva, Nilber G. ^[3] ; Cunha, Carlo M. ^[4] ; Simone, Luiz R. L. ^[4] ; Alves, Ruy J. V. ^[3]

Afiliação do(s) autor(es)

^[1] Staatliches Museum Nat Stuttgart, Stuttgart - Germany

^[2] Univ Tubingen, Math Nat Wissensch Fak, Tubingen - Germany

^[3] Univ Fed Rio de Janeiro, Museu Nacl, Rio De Janeiro - Brazil

^[4] Univ Sao Paulo, Museu Zool, Sao Paulo - Brazil

• Tipo de documento: Artigo Científico
• Fonte: AMERICAN MALACOLOGICAL BULLETIN; v. 32, n. 1, p. 140-142, FEB 2014.
• Citações Web of Science: 1

Resumo

For four decades it has been suspected that the endemic land snails of Trindade Island, Brazil, were extinct. Here we report finding live Succinea lopesi Lanzieri, 1966 and a species of Happia Bourguignat, 1889 on top of the island's highest peaks. Happia is a new record for the island and possibly also a new endemic species. As Trindade's environment has suffered much degradation due to introduced feral goats, such remote places might have acted as refuges for the snails. With the ongoing recovery of the native flora after the eradication of the goats, the snails' populations might re-establish themselves. (AU)

• Processo FAPESP: 10/11253-9 - Análise filogenética de Aplysiomorpha (Mollusca, Opisthobranchia), com base em morfologia comparada, e revisão sistemática das espécies brasileiras
• Beneficiário: Carlo Magenta Cunha
• Modalidade de apoio: Bolsas no Brasil - Pós-Doutorado