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Faunus Ater
''Faunus ater'' is a species of brackish water snail with an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Pachychilidae. ''Faunus ater'' is the only species within the genus ''Faunus''.Lok A. F. S. L., Ang W. F., Ng P. X., Ng B. Y. Q. & Tan S. K. (2011). "Status and distribution of ''Faunus ater'' (Linnaeus, 1758) (Mollusca: Cerithioidea) in Singapore". '' Nature in Singapore'' 4: 115-121PDF Distribution The distribution of ''Faunus ater'' includes: * India * Sri Lanka * Andaman Islands * Malaysia * Myanmar * Thailand * Singapore * Indonesia * Philippines * New Guinea * western and southern Pacific Islands: Solomon Islands Solem A. (1953). "Marine and fresh-water mollusks of the Solomon Islands". ''Fieldiana Zoology'' 34(22): 213-227page 220 * northern Australia * China Description The periostracum is thick, and the color of the periostracum is dark brown or black. The shell has about 20 whorls. The apical whorls may be eroded in older snails. The aperture is ov ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gastropod Shell
The gastropod shell is part of the body of a Gastropoda, gastropod or snail, a kind of mollusc. The shell is an exoskeleton, which protects from predators, mechanical damage, and dehydration, but also serves for muscle attachment and calcium storage. Some gastropods appear shell-less (slugs) but may have a remnant within the mantle, or in some cases the shell is reduced such that the body cannot be retracted within it (semi-slug). Some snails also possess an operculum that seals the opening of the shell, known as the Aperture (mollusc), aperture, which provides further protection. The study of mollusc shells is known as conchology. The biological study of gastropods, and other molluscs in general, is malacology. Shell morphology terms vary by species group. Shell layers The gastropod shell has three major layers secreted by the Mantle (mollusc), mantle. The calcareous central layer, tracum, is typically made of calcium carbonate precipitated into an organic matrix known as c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nature In Singapore
Nature, in the broadest sense, is the physical world or universe. "Nature" can refer to the phenomena of the physical world, and also to life in general. The study of nature is a large, if not the only, part of science. Although humans are part of nature, human activity is often understood as a separate category from other natural phenomena. The word ''nature'' is borrowed from the Old French ''nature'' and is derived from the Latin word ''natura'', or "essential qualities, innate disposition", and in ancient times, literally meant "birth". In ancient philosophy, ''natura'' is mostly used as the Latin translation of the Greek word ''physis'' (φύσις), which originally related to the intrinsic characteristics of plants, animals, and other features of the world to develop of their own accord. The concept of nature as a whole, the physical universe, is one of several expansions of the original notion; it began with certain core applications of the word φύσις by pre-Socr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fieldiana Zoology
The Field Museum of Natural History (FMNH), also known as The Field Museum, is a natural history museum in Chicago, Illinois, and is one of the largest such museums in the world. The museum is popular for the size and quality of its educational and scientific programs, and its extensive scientific-specimen and artifact collections. The permanent exhibitions, which attract up to two million visitors annually, include fossils, current cultures from around the world, and interactive programming demonstrating today's urgent conservation needs. The museum is named in honor of its first major benefactor, Marshall Field, the department-store magnate. The museum and its collections originated from the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition and the artifacts displayed at the fair. The museum maintains a temporary exhibition program of traveling shows as well as in-house produced topical exhibitions. The professional staff maintains collections of over 24 million specimens and objects tha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alan Solem
George Alan Solem (21 June 1931 – 26 March 1990),Coan E. V., Kabat A. R. & Petit R. E. (2009). ''2,400 years of malacology, 6th ed.'', February 15, 2009, 830 pp. + 32 pp. nnex of Collations American Malacological Society: http://www.malacological.org/publications/2400_malacology.html known professionally as Alan Solem, was an American malacologist, a biologist who studied mollusks. He was one of the most renowned land snail experts of his time and had earned a reputation for his comprehensive revisions of mainly terrestrial pulmonates. He worked on land snails from all regions of the world but became particularly known for his revisions of land snails from Australasia and various Pacific Islands. His 140 academic papers dealt with the snail phylogeny, feeding patterns and reproductive strategies. He named many taxa, amongst them about 350 species of Australian land snails, and several genera.Cameron, R. A. D., B. M. Pokryszko, and F. E. Wells. 2005. Alan Solem's work on the d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Solomon Islands
Solomon Islands is an island country consisting of six major islands and over 900 smaller islands in Oceania, to the east of Papua New Guinea and north-west of Vanuatu. It has a land area of , and a population of approx. 700,000. Its capital, Honiara, is located on the largest island, Guadalcanal. The country takes its name from the wider area of the Solomon Islands (archipelago), which is a collection of Melanesian islands that also includes the Autonomous Region of Bougainville (currently a part of Papua New Guinea), but excludes the Santa Cruz Islands. The islands have been settled since at least some time between 30,000 and 28,800 BCE, with later waves of migrants, notably the Lapita people, mixing and producing the modern indigenous Solomon Islanders population. In 1568, the Spanish navigator Álvaro de Mendaña was the first European to visit them. Though not named by Mendaña, it is believed that the islands were called ''"the Solomons"'' by those who later receiv ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pacific Islands
Collectively called the Pacific Islands, the islands in the Pacific Ocean are further categorized into three major island groups: Melanesia, Micronesia, and Polynesia. Depending on the context, the term ''Pacific Islands'' may refer to one of several different concepts: (1) those countries and islands with common Austronesian origins, (2) the islands once (or currently) colonized, or (3) the geographical region of Oceania. This list of islands in the Pacific Ocean is organized by archipelago or border, political boundary. In order to keep this list of moderate size, the more complete lists for countries with large numbers of small or uninhabited islands have been hyperlinked. Name ambiguity and groupings The umbrella term ''Pacific Islands'' has taken on several meanings. Sometimes it is used to refer only to the islands defined as lying within Oceania Oceania (, , ) is a region, geographical region that includes Australasia, Melanesia, Micronesia, and Polynesia. Spann ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Non-marine Molluscs Of New Guinea
A ''list'' is any set of items in a row. List or lists may also refer to: People * List (surname) Organizations * List College, an undergraduate division of the Jewish Theological Seminary of America * SC Germania List, German rugby union club Other uses * Angle of list, the leaning to either port or starboard of a ship * List (information), an ordered collection of pieces of information ** List (abstract data type), a method to organize data in computer science * List on Sylt, previously called List, the northernmost village in Germany, on the island of Sylt * ''List'', an alternative term for ''roll'' in flight dynamics * To ''list'' a building, etc., in the UK it means to designate it a listed building that may not be altered without permission * Lists (jousting), the barriers used to designate the tournament area where medieval knights jousted * ''The Book of Lists'', an American series of books with unusual lists See also * The List (other) * Listing (d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Non-marine Molluscs Of The Philippines
The non-marine mollusks of the Philippines are a part of the molluscan fauna of the Philippines (the wildlife of the Philippines). A number of species of non-marine mollusks are found in the wild in the Philippines. Freshwater gastropods Pomatiopsidae * '' Oncomelania hupensis'' Gredler, 1881Zhao Q. P., Jiang M. S., Littlewood D. T. J. & Nie P. (2010). "Distinct Genetic Diversity of ''Oncomelania hupensis'', Intermediate Host of ''Schistosoma japonicum'' in Mainland China as Revealed by ITS Sequences". '' PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases'' 4(3): e611. . Land gastropods Alycaeidae * '' Chamalycaeus excisus excisus'' (Möllendorff, 1887)Barna Páll-Gergely & Kurt Auffenberg (2019) A review of the Alycaeidae of the Philippines with descriptions of new species and subspecies (Gastropoda: Caenogastropoda: Cyclophoroidea), Molluscan Research, 39:4, 377-389, DOI: 10.1080/13235818.2019.1638541 * '' Chamalycaeus excisus sublimus'' Páll-Gergely & Auffenberg, 2019 * '' Cham ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Non-marine Molluscs Of Indonesia
The non-marine molluscs of Indonesia are a part of the molluscan fauna of Indonesia ( wildlife of Indonesia). A number of species of non-marine molluscs are found in the wild in Indonesia. Freshwater gastropods Neritidae * ''Clithon bicolor'' (Récluz, 1843) * '' Clithon faba'' (G.B. Sowerby I, 1836) * '' Clithon olivaceum'' (Rècluz, 1843) * '' Clithon oualaniensis'' Lesson, 1831 * '' Neripteron bensoni'' (Récluz, 1850) * '' Nerita articulata'' Gould, 1847 * '' Neritina coromandeliana'' Sowerby, 1832 * ''Neritina pulligera'' (Linnaeus, 1767) * '' Neritina sulculosa'' von Martens, 1875 * '' Neritina turrita'' (Gmelin, 1791) * '' Neritina violacea'' (Gmelin, 1791) * '' Neritina zigzag'' Lamarck, 1822 * '' Neritodryas subsulcata'' (Sowerby, 1836) * ''Septaria lineata'' (Lamarck, 1816) Neritiliidae * ''Neritilia vulgaris'' Kano & Kase, 2003 Pachychilidae Pachychilidae, common name pachychilids, is a taxonomic family of freshwater snails, gastropod molluscs in the clade Sorb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Non-marine Molluscs Of Singapore
A ''list'' is any set of items in a row. List or lists may also refer to: People * List (surname) Organizations * List College, an undergraduate division of the Jewish Theological Seminary of America * SC Germania List, German rugby union club Other uses * Angle of list, the leaning to either port or starboard of a ship * List (information), an ordered collection of pieces of information ** List (abstract data type), a method to organize data in computer science * List on Sylt, previously called List, the northernmost village in Germany, on the island of Sylt * ''List'', an alternative term for ''roll'' in flight dynamics * To ''list'' a building, etc., in the UK it means to designate it a listed building that may not be altered without permission * Lists (jousting), the barriers used to designate the tournament area where medieval knights jousted * ''The Book of Lists'', an American series of books with unusual lists See also * The List (other) * Listing (di ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Non-marine Molluscs Of Thailand
The non-marine mollusks of Thailand are a part of the molluscan fauna of Thailand (the wildlife of Thailand). A number of species of non-marine mollusks are found in the wild in Thailand. There is known at least 23 families, 57 genera and 125 species of land gastropods from Eastern Thailand.Dumrongrojwattana P., Matchacheep S., Kharmkhaew A., Pimubol T., Phookitsana S., Wongtanapanya A. (PDF file created 22 December 2006). "Pre-checklist of non-marine mollusks from Eastern Thailand. (Gastropoda: Pulmonata: Basommatophora; Systellomatophora; Stylommatophora)". 7 pp., pages unnumberedPDF. There is known at least 8 species of freshwater gastropods and at least 2 species of freshwater bivalves from the Sakaeo Province in the Eastern Thailand. Boon-ngam P., Sriyarun J., Tanamai S. & Dumrongrojwattana P. (PDF file created 12 January 2010). "การศึกษาเบืองต้ นความหลากชนิดของหอยทากบก และหอยนํ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Non-marine Molluscs Of Myanmar
The non-marine molluscs of Myanmar are a part of the fauna of Myanmar (wildlife of Myanmar). A number of species of molluscs are found in the wild in Myanmar. Freshwater gastropods Freshwater gastropods in Myanmar include: Viviparidae * ''Angulyagra oxytropis'' (Benson, 1836) * ''Bellamya bengalensis'' (Lamarck, 1882) Assimineidae * '' Assiminea beddomeana'' Nevill, 1880 * '' Assiminea brevicula'' Pfeiffer, 1854 * '' Assiminea francesiae'' Wood, 1828 * '' Assiminea microsculpta'' Nevill, 1880 Bithyniidae * '' Bithynia moreletiana'' Nevill, 1877 * '' Bithynia pulchella'' Benson, 1836 * '' Bithynia pygmaea'' Preston, 1908 * ''Bithynia siamensis'' Lea, 1856 Ellobiidae * '' Auriculastra subula'' (Qouy & Gaimard, 1832) – in brackish waters Pachychilidae * '' Brotia pagodula'' (Gould, 1847) * '' Faunus ater'' (Linnaeus, 1758) * ''Sulcospira housei'' (I. Lea, 1856) Lymnaeidae * ''Austropeplea viridis'' (Quoy & Gaimard, 1832) Land gastropods Land gastropods in Myanmar i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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