Short Communication, J Biodivers Manage Forestry Vol: 2 Issue: 1
Effective Knowledge and Conservation of Continental Molluscs in Brazil, South America, With Special Emphasis in Land Gastropods: The Current Situation
| A. Ignacio Agudo-Padrón1* |
| 1Project “Avulsos Malacológicos”, Caixa Postal (P.O. Box) 010, 88010-970, Centro, Florianópolis, Santa Catarina, SC, Brazil |
| Corresponding author : Ignacio Agudo-Padrón. A Project “Avulsos Malacológicos”, Caixa Postal (P.O. Box) 010, 88010-970, Centro, Florianópolis, Santa Catarina, SC, Brazil E-mail: ignacioagudo@gmail.com |
| Received: November 06, 2012 Accepted: January 16, 2013 Published: January 22, 2013 |
| Citation: Agudo-Padrón AI (2013) Effective Knowledge and Conservation of Continental Molluscs in Brazil, South America, With Special Emphasis in Land Gastropods: The Current Situation. J Biodivers Manage Forestry 2:1. doi:10.4172/2327-4417.1000103 |
Abstract
Effective Knowledge and Conservation of Continental Molluscs in Brazil, South America, With Special Emphasis in Land Gastropods: The Current Situation
Currently, around 700 species of terrestrial gastropod mollusks are known to continental geographic territories of the Brazilian.country and South America together. Of these, only “twelve native terrestrial species” are officially listed in the List and Red Book of Brazilian Fauna Threatened with Extinction, as well as resulting in “Reflections Legislatures, State Red Books and Thematic Maps” parallel generated, all belonging to the subclass Pulmonata and order Stylommatophora, included in the families Bulimulidae (3 species), Megalobulimidae (5 species), Streptaxidae (1 species) and Strophocheilidae (3 species).
