Revisiting <i>Drymaeus germaini</i> (Ancey, 1892) (Gastropoda, Bulimulidae): ecological niche and first anatomical description of a poorly known land snail species from Brazil.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Terrestrial gastropods are one of the most imperiled animal groups in the world. However, information on population size and structure, geographic range and their trends over time, which is necessary to assess species conservation status, is unavailable or insufficient for most land snail taxa, making it difficult to apply the IUCN criteria. Ecological niche modelling (ENM) has been used to predict geographic distribution, allowing better characterization of the distribution ranges of endemic or rare species, offering the necessary information for stating their conservation status and planning for conservation measures.

Methods

We compiled occurrence records of Drymaeus germaini and D. suprapunctatus (herein proposed as a junior synonym of D. germ

SUBMITTER: Macedo MIPF 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12269781 | biostudies-literature | 2025

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature