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The role of lymnaeids (Basommatophora: Lymnaeidae) in the dispersal of a New Zealand snail Potamopyrgus antipodarum (Gray, 1843) (Prosobranchia: Hydrobiidae)
 
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Department of Invertebrate Zoology and Hydrobiology, University of Łódz, Poland
 
 
Submission date: 1999-09-25
 
 
Acceptance date: 1999-11-15
 
 
Publication date: 2020-07-13
 
 
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Andrzej Piechocki   

Department of Invertebrate Zoology and Hydrobiology, University of Łódz, Banacha 12/16, 90-237 Łódź, Poland
 
 
Folia Malacol. 1999;7(3):183-186
 
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Based on dissection of specimens collected in the field and on laboratory experiments, Lymnaea stagnalis (L.) has been found to consume live individuals of Potamopyrgus antipodarum (Gray), a prosobranch snail originating from New Zealand. P. antipodarum is not digested by the lymnaeid and passes undamaged through its gut. The phenomenon may be of significance for the expansion of P. antipodarum in European waters.
 
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