Effects of trematode parasitism on the behaviour and ecology of a common marine snail (Littorina littorea (L.))

2001 ◽  
Vol 260 (2) ◽  
pp. 155-167 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mark S Davies ◽  
A.John Knowles
Keyword(s):  
Littorina Littorea ◽  
Marine Snail

X-ray microanalysis of cadmium in the marine snail littorina littorea (L.)

1992 ◽  
Vol 23 (3) ◽  
pp. 377-378
Author(s):  
J.A. Nott ◽  
K.P. Ryan ◽  
R. Pelc
Keyword(s):  
Littorina Littorea ◽  
Marine Snail ◽  
X Ray

scholarly journals Energy saving through trail following in a marine snail

2007 ◽  
Vol 274 (1614) ◽  
pp. 1233-1236 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mark S Davies ◽  
Janine Blackwell
Keyword(s):  
Energy Saving ◽  
Maximum Energy ◽  
Littorina Littorea ◽  
Trail Following ◽  
Marine Snail ◽  
Mucus Production ◽  
Similar Shape ◽  
Ecological Roles ◽  
Intertidal Snail

Most snails and slugs locomote over a layer of mucus and although the resultant mucus trail is expensive to produce, we show that this expense can be reduced by trail following. When tracking over fresh conspecific trails, the marine intertidal snail Littorina littorea (L.) produced only approximately 27% of the mucus laid by marker snails. When tracking over weathered trails, snails adjusted their mucus production to recreate a convex trail profile of similar shape and thickness to the trail as originally laid. Maximum energy saving occurs when following recently laid trails which are little weathered. Many and diverse ecological roles for trail following have been proposed. Energy saving is the only role that applies across the Gastropoda and so may help to explain why trail following is such a well-established behaviour.

Purification and Regulation of Pyruvate Kinase from the Foot Muscle of the Anoxia and Freeze Tolerant Marine Snail, Littorina littorea

2020 ◽  
Vol 39 (5) ◽  
pp. 531-541
Author(s):  
Michael B. Smolinski ◽  
Anchal Varma ◽  
Stuart R. Green ◽  
Kenneth B. Storey
Keyword(s):  
Pyruvate Kinase ◽  
Littorina Littorea ◽  
Marine Snail ◽  
Freeze Tolerant
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