ABSTRACT

The first half of this book is primarily a systematic survey of the snails, beginning with glossaries, keys for identification to genera and a checklist of species. This is followed by a synopsis of species, with brief notes on ecology, distribution and parasites. Relationships are then described between snails and schistosomes and with other paras

chapter 1|6 pages

Introduction

chapter 3|119 pages

Systematic Synopsis: Prosobranchs

chapter 4|159 pages

Systematic Synopsis: Pulmonates

chapter 5|40 pages

Snails and schistosomes

chapter 7|43 pages

The biology of Bulinus

chapter 8|34 pages

Snail control

chapter 9|28 pages

Local snail faunas

chapter 10|33 pages

Chemical and physical factors

chapter 11|32 pages

Life cycles and populations

chapter 12|68 pages

Regions, lakes and rivers: Biogeography