Snails in the sun: Strategies of terrestrial gastropods to cope with hot and dry conditions

A review of the thermal biology and ecology of molluscs, and of the use of infrared thermography in molluscan research

(2018) Laurent Seuront et al.   JOURNAL OF MOLLUSCAN STUDIES

Relevance of body size and shell colouration for thermal absorption and heat loss in white garden snails, Theba pisana (Helicidae), from Northern France

(2017) Thomas Knigge et al.   JOURNAL OF THERMAL BIOLOGY

Candidate genes for shell colour polymorphism in Cepaea nemoralis

(2017) Jesse Kerkvliet et al.   PeerJ

Conservation at a slow pace: terrestrial gastropods facing fast-changing climate

(2017) Annegret Nicolai et al.   Conservation Physiology

Geographic variation in thermal tolerance and strategies of heat shock protein expression in the land snail Theba pisana in relation to genetic structure

(2015) Tal Mizrahi et al.   CELL STRESS & CHAPERONES

Energy expenditure and body size are targets of natural selection across a wide geographic range, in a terrestrial invertebrate

(2015) José Luis Bartheld et al.   FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY

Natural Variation in Resistance to Desiccation and Heat Shock Protein Expression in the Land Snail Theba pisana along a Climatic Gradient

(2015) Tal Mizrahi et al.   PHYSIOLOGICAL AND BIOCHEMICAL ZOOLOGY

Phenotypic diversity, population structure and stress protein-based capacitoring in populations of Xeropicta derbentina, a heat-tolerant land snail species

(2014) Maddalena A. Di Lellis et al.   CELL STRESS & CHAPERONES

Hsp70 and lipid peroxide levels following heat stress in Xeropicta derbentina (Krynicki 1836) (Gastropoda, Pulmonata) with regard to different colour morphs

(2014) A. Dieterich et al.   CELL STRESS & CHAPERONES

Antioxidant defence and stress protein induction following heat stress in the Mediterranean snail Xeropicta derbentina

(2014) S. Troschinski et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY

Shell colouration and parasite tolerance in two helicoid snail species

(2014) Alexandra E. Scheil et al.   JOURNAL OF INVERTEBRATE PATHOLOGY

Water balance and expression of heat-shock protein 70 in Codringtonia species: a study within a phylogenetic framework

(2014) P. Kotsakiozi et al.   JOURNAL OF MOLLUSCAN STUDIES

Intraspecific Variation in Cellular and Biochemical Heat Response Strategies of Mediterranean Xeropicta derbentina [Pulmonata, Hygromiidae]

(2014) Sandra Troschinski et al.   PLoS One

Historic data analysis reveals ambient temperature as a source of phenotypic variation in populations of the land snailTheba pisana

(2013) Heinz-R. Köhler et al.   BIOLOGICAL JOURNAL OF THE LINNEAN SOCIETY

Nonrandom variation of morphological traits across environmental gradients in a land snail

(2013) Sinos Giokas et al.   EVOLUTIONARY ECOLOGY

Observations on land-snail shells in near-ultraviolet, visible and near-infrared radiation

(2013) Enrico Savazzi et al.   JOURNAL OF MOLLUSCAN STUDIES

Energy metabolism, heart rate and physiological differentiation in the pulmonate gastropod Cornu aspersum

(2013) Andrea Bruning et al.   JOURNAL OF MOLLUSCAN STUDIES

Color polymorphism in a land snail Cepaea nemoralis (Pulmonata: Helicidae) as viewed by potential avian predators

(2013) Adrian Surmacki et al.   NATURWISSENSCHAFTEN

Variation in Thermal Sensitivity and Thermal Tolerances in an Invasive Species across a Climatic Gradient: Lessons from the Land Snail Cornu aspersum

(2013) Juan Diego Gaitán-Espitia et al.   PLoS One

Selection and disequilibrium inCepaea nemoralis

(2012) Laurence M. Cook   BIOLOGICAL JOURNAL OF THE LINNEAN SOCIETY

Heat shock proteins and survival strategies in congeneric land snails (Sphincterochila) from different habitats

(2012) Tal Mizrahi et al.   CELL STRESS & CHAPERONES

The heat shock response in congeneric land snails (Sphincterochila) from different habitats

(2012) Tal Mizrahi et al.   CELL STRESS & CHAPERONES

Daily and seasonal changes in heat exposure and the Hsp70 level of individuals from a field population of Xeropicta derbentina (Krynicki 1836) (Pulmonata, Hygromiidae) in Southern France

(2012) A. Dieterich et al.   CELL STRESS & CHAPERONES

Solar radiation stress in climbing snails: behavioural and intrinsic features define the Hsp70 level in natural populations of Xeropicta derbentina (Pulmonata)

(2012) Maddalena A. Di Lellis et al.   CELL STRESS & CHAPERONES

Rapid, habitat-related evolution of land snail colour morphs on reclaimed land

(2012) M Schilthuizen   HEREDITY

Habitat and the shell polymorphism of Cepaea nemoralis (L.): interrogating the Evolution Megalab database

(2012) Robert A. D. Cameron et al.   JOURNAL OF MOLLUSCAN STUDIES

Colour polymorphism and thermal capacities in Theba pisana (O.F. Müller 1774)

(2012) Alexandra E. Scheil et al.   JOURNAL OF THERMAL BIOLOGY

Rapid evolution in unstable habitats: a success story of the polymorphic land snail Cepaea nemoralis (Gastropoda: Pulmonata)

(2011) MAŁGORZATA OŻGO   BIOLOGICAL JOURNAL OF THE LINNEAN SOCIETY

Heat shock protein expression in relation to reproductive cycle in land snails: Implications for survival

(2011) Tal Mizrahi et al.   COMPARATIVE BIOCHEMISTRY AND PHYSIOLOGY A-MOLECULAR & INTEGRATIVE PHYSIOLOGY

Epistasis, phenotypic disequilibrium and contrasting associations with climate in the land snail Theba pisana

(2011) M S Johnson   HEREDITY

Differences in predatory pressure on terrestrial snails by birds and mammals

(2011) Zuzanna M Rosin et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOSCIENCES

Heat tolerance and recovery in Mediterranean land snails after pre-exposure in the field

(2011) Alexandra E. Scheil et al.   JOURNAL OF MOLLUSCAN STUDIES

Citizen Science Reveals Unexpected Continental-Scale Evolutionary Change in a Model Organism

(2011) Jonathan Silvertown et al.   PLoS One

Thirty-four years of climatic selection in the land snail Theba pisana

(2010) M S Johnson   HEREDITY

Suppression of Melanin Production by Expression of HSP70

(2010) Tatsuya Hoshino et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

Natural annual cycle of heat shock protein expression in land snails: desert versus Mediterranean species of Sphincterochila

(2010) Z. Arad et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY

Microhabitat choice and high temperature tolerance in the land snail Theba pisana (Mollusca: Gastropoda)

(2010) Robert H. Cowie   JOURNAL OF ZOOLOGY

Shell Banding Polymorphism inCepaea vindobonensisin Relation to Habitat in Southeastern Poland

(2010) Małgorzata Ożgo et al.   MALACOLOGIA

Global metabolic impacts of recent climate warming

(2010) Michael E. Dillon et al.   NATURE

RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN PIGMENTATION OF SHELL AND OF MANTLE IN THE SNAILS CEPAEA NEMORALIS (L.) AND CEPAEA HORTENSIS (MULL.)

(2010) L. R. B. EMBERTON   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF LONDON

Cadmium tolerance in seven Daphnia magna clones is associated with reduced hsp70 baseline levels and induction

(2009) Timo Haap et al.   AQUATIC TOXICOLOGY

Heat shock proteins and resistance to desiccation in congeneric land snails

(2009) Tal Mizrahi et al.   CELL STRESS & CHAPERONES

NATURAL SELECTION REDUCES ENERGY METABOLISM IN THE GARDEN SNAIL,HELIX ASPERSA(CORNU ASPERSUM)

(2009) Paulina Artacho et al.   EVOLUTION

The influence of climatic conditions on long-term changes in the helminth fauna of terrestrial molluscs and the implications for parasite transmission in southern England

(2009) N.J. Morley et al.   JOURNAL OF HELMINTHOLOGY

Structural adaptation for reducing water-loss in three species of terrestrial snail

(2009) John Machin   JOURNAL OF ZOOLOGY

Heat shock proteins (Hsp70) and water content in the estivating Mediterranean Grunt Snail (Cantareus apertus)

(2008) Andy Reuner et al.   COMPARATIVE BIOCHEMISTRY AND PHYSIOLOGY B-BIOCHEMISTRY & MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

Disruptive selection by predation offsets stabilizing selection on shell morphology in the land snail Iberus g. gualtieranus

(2008) Gregorio Moreno-Rueda   EVOLUTIONARY ECOLOGY

Scaling of metabolism in Helix aspersa snails: changes through ontogeny and response to selection for increased size

(2008) M. Czarnoleski et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY

Snail phenotypic variation and stress proteins: do different heat response strategies contribute to Waddington's widget in field populations?

(2008) Heinz-R. Köhler et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL ZOOLOGY PART B-MOLECULAR AND DEVELOPMENTAL EVOLUTION

Variation with habitat in Cepaea nemoralis: the Cain & Sheppard diagram

(2008) L. M. Cook   JOURNAL OF MOLLUSCAN STUDIES

Heat tolerance in Mediterranean land snails: histopathology after exposure to different temperature regimes

(2008) Nils Dittbrenner et al.   JOURNAL OF MOLLUSCAN STUDIES