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INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF TROPICAL BIOLOGY AND CONSERVATION 197 CATALOG OF PHYSIDAE Scope of the catalog is nominal taxa of ANSP. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Academy living Physidae. Names of collectors have of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. been completed or supplied, and dates when BMNH. London, England. Natural History possible. Location of type specimens, type cat- Museum. alog, subsequent illustration of type, and dis- CAS. San Francisco, California. California cussion of type locality have been cited if Academy of Sciences. available. The catalog is not, however, a guide CM. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Carnegie to whether a given name may be preoccupied: Museum of Natural History. the many Bulinidae described originally as CMN. Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. Canadian Physa are excluded, and practically all fossil Museum of Nature. Physidae. FMNH. Chicago, Illinois. Field Museum of When possible, names have been placed Natural History. in historical context by allocating them to an HUJ. Jerusalem, Israel. Hebrew University of expedition, voyage, or major collector. Jerusalem Museum. References cited will enable the tracing of an INBio. Santo Domingo de Heredia, Costa Rica. itinerary and other published results from the Instituto Nacional de Biodiversidad. same source. General works of value in this IRSNB. Brussels, Belgium. Institut Royal des connection are by Dance (1986), Goetzmann Sciences Naturelles de Belgique. (1959, 1966), Goodman (1972), Meisel (1924- LS. London, England. Linnean Society. 1929), and Rice (1986). Discovering the MACN. Buenos Aires, Argentina. Museo whereabouts of a given personal collection is Argentino de Ciencias Naturales aided by the summaries by Dance (1986) and “Bernardino Rivadavia.” Sherborn (1940). MCN. Porto Alegre, Brasil. Museu de Ciências Naturais, Fundaço Zoobotânica do Rio Museum Collections Grande do Sul. MCZ. Cambridge, Massachusetts. Museum of Museums holding types of living Physidae Comparative Zoology, Harvard have been listed below, with reference to rele- University. vant type catalogs. Additionally, some historic MHNG. Geneva, Switzerland. Muséum material in BMNH is listed. In only a few cases d’Histoire Naturelle de Genève. (BMNH, CAS, MACN, MCZ, SMNH) have all MHNP. Paris, France. Muséum National types been examined; otherwise they are cited d’Histoire Naturelle. from examination of some of the types, or more MHNT. Toulouse, France. Muséum d’Histoire often from published literature. Many listings Naturelle. indicate merely that the types might be in the MLP. La Plata, Argentina. Museo La Plata. institution concerned. “Original material” here- MNHNC. Santiago, Chile. Museo Nacional de in means specimens that are the basis for a pub- Historia Natural. lished name thought to be a nomen nudum. MNS. Stuttgart, Germany. Staatliches Museum Invaluable guides to catalogs of types are by für Naturkunde. Kabat & Boss (1992, 1997). MSNG. Genoa, Italy. Museo Civico di Storia Naturale “Giacomo Doria.” Abbreviations MTK. Dresden, Germany. Staatliches Museum für Tierkunde. AMNH. New York, New York. American MZSP. São Paulo, Brasil. Museu de Zoologia, Museum of Natural History. Universidade de São Paulo. 198 REVISTA DE BIOLOGÍA TROPICAL MZUF. Florence, Italy. Museo Zoologica “La ingtoni, and lordi utahensis, all by Specola,” Università di Firenze. Clench; +humboldtiana and skinneri NMW. Vienna, Austria. Naturhistorisches Taylor. Museum Wien. Paratypes: elegans Clench & Aguayo, PRI. Ithaca, New York. Paleontological 1932. Research Institution. Includes: Kent Scientific Museum; holo- RBCM. Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. types: deformis and parkeri, both by Royal British Columbia Museum. Currier. SDMNH. San Diego, California. San Diego Includes: University of Wisconsin col- Museum of Natural History. lection (Franzen, D. S. 1957. Types SMF. Frankfort, Germany. Senckenberg of mollusks described by F. C. Baker, Museum. Part II, University of Wisconsin. SMNH. Stockholm, Sweden. Swedish Nautilus 71:30-35). Museum of Natural History. Holotypes: bayfieldensis, cheteken- UCM. Boulder, Colorado. University of sis, laphami, obrussoides, all by Colorado Museum. Baker, 1928. UCR. San José, Costa Rica. Museo de Includes: O. A. Crandall collection; Zoología, Universidad de Costa Rica. holotypes: heterostropha alba, ellip- UMMZ. Ann Arbor, Michigan. University of tica minor, rhomboidea, walkeri, all Michigan Museum of Zoology. by Crandall, 1901. USNM. Washington, D. C. U.S. National Includes: James Lewis collection; holo- Museum of Natural History. type: elongatina Lewis, 1855. UTEP. El Paso, Texas. University of Texas at Includes: Bryant Walker collection El Paso. (Walker, B. 1918. A synopsis of the ZIBM. Mexico, D. F. Departamento de classification of the fresh-water Zoología, Instituto de Biología, Mollusca of North America, north of Universidad Nacional Autónoma de Mexico, and a catalogue of the more México. recently described species, with ZIP. St. Petersburg, Russia. Zoological notes. Misc. Publ. Univ. Mich. Mus. Institute, Academy of Sciences. Zool. 6:1-213). ZMB. Berlin, Germany. Zoologisches Holotypes: ancillaria crassa and Museum, Humboldt-Universität. magnalacustris Walker, 1901; ZMH. Hamburg, Germany. Zoologisches paratypes cornea Preston, Staatsinstitut und Zoologisches 1907. Museum. ZMUC. Copenhagen, Denmark. Zoologisk Berlin, Germany. Zoologisches Museum, Museum, University of Copenhagen. Humboldt-Universität (ZMB) (Kilias, R. ZMZ. Zürich, Switzerland. Zoologisches 1961. Die Typen und Typoide der Museum, Universität Zürich. Mollusken-Sammlung des Zoologischen Museums in Berlin. Mitt. Zool. Mus. Museums Berlin 37:159-167). (Listed alphabetically by city) Holotypes (including lectotypes): sey- chellana and venezuelensis Martens; Ann Arbor, Michigan. University of Michigan ?polakowskii Clessin, 1886. Museum of Zoology (UMMZ). Paratypes: balteata Preston, 1907; mosam- Holotypes: pomilia ariomus, barberi, bot- biquensis Clessin, 1886; obtusa timeri, goodrichi, pomilia hender- Clessin, 1885; seychellana Martens, soni, johnsoni, michiganensis, rem- 1869, venezuelensis Martens, 1860. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF TROPICAL BIOLOGY AND CONSERVATION 199 Original material: margaritacea Martens, nuda proposed by Gassies, 1867 1873. (Dance, 1986:212): acuta vars. acu- Includes: collections in Mexico by F. tior and minor. Deppe and C. A. Uhde (Martens, E. von. 1865. Ueber die mexikanischen Boulder, Colorado. University of Colorado Binnen-Conchylien aus den Museum (UCM) (Wu, S.-K., & N. E. Sammlungen von Deppe und Uhde Brandauer. 1982. Type specimens of im Berliner Museum. Malak. Blätt. Recent Mollusca in the University of 12:1-78). Colorado Museum. Nat. Hist. Invent. Holotypes: mexicana vars. minima, Colo. 7:1-47). minor, parva, all by Martens, Paratypes: columbiana Hemphill, 1890; 1865. costata Newcomb, 1861; mega- Original material: conspicua and ven- lochlamys Taylor, 1988. tricosa, both by “Uhde” Martens, 1865; mexicana ovalis Brussels, Belgium. Institut Royal des Sciences “Wiegmann” Martens, 1865. Naturelles de Belgique (IRSNB). Includes: collections by Arthur and Aurel Holotypes: fontinalis aplexoides Colbeau, Krause, Chukotka, eastern Siberia, 1868; fontinalis curta Van den and Alaska, 1881 (Krause, A. 1883. Broeck, 1869; hypnorum minor De Über einige Land-schnecken von der Malzine, 1867; hypnorum rubra van Tschuktschen-halbinsel und aus dem den Broeck, 1871. südöstlichen Alaska. Sitz.-Ber. Ges. na- turforsch. Freunde Berlin 1883:31-37). Buenos Aires, Argentina. Museo Argentino de Syntypes: picta Krause, 1883. Ciencias Naturales “Bernardino Includes: material described by Martens in Rivadavia” (MACN). the Biologia Centrali-Americana Syntypes: aspii and loosii Holmberg, (1890-1901). 1909. Holotypes (including lectotypes): fuliginea hoffmanni, impluviata Cambridge, Massachusetts. Museum of laeta, fuliginea pliculosa, mexi- Comparative Zoology, Harvard University cana parva, princeps pallens. (MCZ) (Johnson, R. I. 1949. Jesse Paratypes: fuliginea hoffmanni, Wedgwood Mighels with a bibliography and impluviata laeta, princeps pal- a catalogue of his species. Occ. Pap. Moll. 1: lens, fuliginea pliculosa. 213-231. Johnson, R. I. 1964. The recent Includes: Friedrich Paetel collection Mollusca of Augustus Addison Gould. Bull. (Paetel, F. 1888-1890 [1887-1891]. U.S. Natl. Mus. 239:1-182. Johnson, R. I. Catalog der Conchylien-Sammlung..., 1996. Types of land and freshwater mollusks ed. 4. Paetel, Berlin: 3 vols. [Dated from the Hawaiian Islands in the Museum of from reviews in J. Conchyl. 35-39. Comparative Zoology. Bull. Mus. Comp. See also review in Occ. Pap. Moll. Zool. 155(4):159-214). 1:212]). Holotypes (including lectotypes): Original material: aequata, bernardii, bermudezi Aguayo, 1935; elata etruricus, hartwigi, acuta minu- Gould, 1853; elegans Clench & ta, all nomina nuda by Paetel, Aguayo, 1932; fragilis Mighels, 1889. 1842; gouldi Clench, 1935; plena Clench, 1930; salina Clench, 1930; Bordeaux, France. Musée d’Histoire Naturelle. spelunca Turner & Clench, 1974; ver- May have original material of nomina nalis Taylor & Jokinen, 1985. 200 REVISTA DE BIOLOGÍA TROPICAL Paratypes: nodulosa albina Biese, 1949; Includes: University of Utah collection ambigua Pease, 1870; pomilia ariomus (Roscoe, E. J. 1963. Primary type Clench, 1925; aurantia Carpenter, specimens in the University of Utah 1857; balteata Preston, 1907; molluscan collection. Sterkiana berlandierianus Binney, 1865; billingsi 11:51-52). Heron, 1880; bottimeri Clench, 1924; Holotype and paratypes: microstriata caliban Vanatta, 1911; cisternina
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    Giant African Land Snail, Achatina fulica Background • Originally from coastal East Africa and its islands • Has spread to other parts of Africa, Asia, some Pacific islands, Australia, New Zealand, South America, the Caribbean, and the United States • Can be found in agricultural areas, natural forests, planted forests, riparian zones, wetlands, disturbed areas, and even urban areas in warm tropical climates with high humidity • Also known scientifically as Lissachatina fulica • Common names include giant African land snail and giant African snail Hosts Image citation: Cotton - Charles T. Bryson, USDA Agricultural Research Service, www.bugwood.org, #1116132 Banana - Charles T. Bryson, USDA Agricultural Research Service, www.bugwood.org, #1197011 Papaya - Forest & Kim Starr, Starr Environmental, www.bugwood.org, #5420178 Pumpkin - Howard F. Schwartz, Colorado State University, www.bugwood.org, #5365883 Cucumber - Howard F. Schwartz, Colorado State University, www.bugwood.org., #5363704 Carrots - M.E. Bartolo, www.bugwood.org, #5359190 Environmental Impacts • Consumes large quantities and numbers of species of native plants – May cause indirect damage to plants due to the sheer numbers of snails being so heavy that the plants beak under their weight – May also be a vector of several plant pathogens • Outcompetes and may even eat native snails • It eats so much it can alter the nutrient cycling • Their shells can neutralize acid soils and therefore damage plants that prefer acidic soils • Indirectly, the biocontrol and chemical control that is used on this species can affect native snail species as well. Structural Concerns and Nuisance Issues Image citation: Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, Division of Plant Industry Public Health Concerns • Intermediate host that vectors: – rat lungworm, Angiostrongylus cantonensis (roundworm) – A.
  • Compte Rendu De La Seance Du Conseil Municipal Du 04 Fevrier 2013 N°2013/01

    Compte Rendu De La Seance Du Conseil Municipal Du 04 Fevrier 2013 N°2013/01

    COMPTE RENDU DE LA SEANCE DU CONSEIL MUNICIPAL DU 04 FEVRIER 2013 N°2013/01 Présents : MMES NOVAU, GRANIER, RILBA, PENNEROUX, CORNUS, ROUILHET, MM.CASSAGNE, PARRA, DUCASSE, BEAUVILLE, PEYRIERES, HOURCADE, NOVAU, BERGIA. Absents excusés : M. MARIUZZO Procuration : Mme FROIDURE Delphine à M. NOVAU Fréderic Secrétaire de séance : M. BERGIA La séance est ouverte à 19h00 En préambule, Monsieur le Maire présente l’ordre du jour en précisant qu’un point est à ajouter ; les honoraires d’architecte relatifs au projet de Dojo. Monsieur le Maire demande à l’assemblée délibérante si des observations sont à noter sur le compte- rendu de la séance précédente. Monsieur DUCASSE indique qu’au paragraphe 1, alinéa 2 « Le Maire précise le contexte de cette modification, évoquant la proposition du Conseil Municipal d’implanter des commerces sur le terrain situé en face au cimetière», il convient de remplacer «situé en face » par « mitoyen ». Aucune autre remarque n’étant formulée, le compte-rendu est adopté à l’unanimité des membres présents. I/ PROJET D’EXTENSION DU PERIMETRE DE LA CAM -INTEGRATION DE FONSORBES ET LE FAUGA- Monsieur le Maire rappelle à l’Assemblée délibérante l’historique ayant conduit Monsieur le Préfet à saisir la Commune de la décision de la Commission Départementale de Coopération Intercommunale visant à étendre le périmètre de la CAM aux communes de Fonsorbes et Le Fauga. La commune dispose d’un délai de 3 mois pour s’exprimer quant à ce projet d’extension du périmètre de la CAM, soit avant le 6 février 2013. Monsieur le Maire rappelle à l’Assemblée délibérante que conformément à l’article 60 II de la loi n°2010, il appartient aux conseils municipaux des communes du futur périmètre de se prononcer dans un délai de 3 mois à compter de la notification de l’arrêté du projet de périmètre.