Morphometric Differentiation between Two Closely Related Achatinid Snails (Gastropoda: Achatinidae) of West Africa and Implications for the Conservation of <i>Achatina togoensis</i>(Bequaert &Clench, 1934)  

作　　者：Komlan Mawuli Afiademanyo Kwami Lumo Awaga Kamilou Ouro-Sama Hodabalo Dheoulaba Solitoke Komlan Mawuli Afiademanyo;Kwami Lumo Awaga;Kamilou Ouro-Sama;Hodabalo Dheoulaba Solitoke(Laboratoire d’Ecologie Animale et d’Ecotoxicologie, Département de Zoologie et de Biologie Animale, Faculté des Sciences, Université de Lomé, Togo;Département de Biochimie, Faculté des Sciences, Université de Lomé, Togo;Laboratoire de Gestion, Traitement et Valorisation des Déchets (GTVD), Faculté des Sciences, Université de Lomé, Togo)

机构地区：[1]Laboratoire d’Ecologie Animale et d’Ecotoxicologie, Département de Zoologie et de Biologie Animale, Faculté des Sciences, Université de Lomé, Togo [2]Département de Biochimie, Faculté des Sciences, Université de Lomé, Togo [3]Laboratoire de Gestion, Traitement et Valorisation des Déchets (GTVD), Faculté des Sciences, Université de Lomé, Togo

出　　处：《Open Journal of Animal Sciences》2021年第4期559-579,共21页动物科学期刊（英文）

摘　　要：</span><i><span style="font-family:Verdana;">Achatina</span></i> <i><span style="font-family:Verdana;">togoensis</span></i><span style="font-family:Verdana;"></i></span></span><span style="font-family:""><span style="font-family:Verdana;"> is a giant land snail taxa endemic to the northern sectors of the Monts Togo, which has been regarded as full species or subspecies of the highly variable, widespread </span><span><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><i></span><i><span style="font-family:Verdana;">A</span></i><span style="font-family:Verdana;">. </span><i><span style="font-family:Verdana;">achatina</span></i><span style="font-family:Verdana;"></i></span></span><span style="font-family:Verdana;"> (L.). To address this issue, samples of snails were taken throughout the distribution range of the two taxa in the Dahomey Gap (West Africa) and separated into 112 </span><span><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><i></span><i><span style="font-family:Verdana;">A</span></i><span style="font-family:Verdana;">. </span><i><span style="font-family:Verdana;">achatina</span></i><span style="font-family:Verdana;"></i></span></span><span style="font-family:Verdana;"> and 141 </span><span><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><i></span><i><span style="font-family:Verdana;">A</span></i><span style="font-family:Verdana;">. </span><i><span style="font-family:Verdana;">togoensis</span></i><span style="font-family:Verdana;"></i></span></span><span style="font-family:Verdana;"> according to color of </span></span><span style="font-family:Verdana;">the </span><span style="font-family:Verdana;">columella and parietal wall. Radulae were compared and shell characters of these 2 species were evaluated through </span><span style="font-family:Verdana;">the </span><span style="font-family:""><span style="font-family:Verdana;">traditional morphometric method. The results indicate that the species cannot be distinguished by overall shell size and radular morphology, but they exhibit significant differences in shell shape and meristic traits. The typic</span><i><span style="font-family:Verdana;">Achatina</span></i> <i><span style="font-family:Verdana;">togoensis</span></i><span style="font-family:Verdana;"></i></span></span><span style="font-family:""><span style="font-family:Verdana;"> is a giant land snail taxa endemic to the northern sectors of the Monts Togo, which has been regarded as full species or subspecies of the highly variable, widespread </span><span><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><i></span><i><span style="font-family:Verdana;">A</span></i><span style="font-family:Verdana;">. </span><i><span style="font-family:Verdana;">achatina</span></i><span style="font-family:Verdana;"></i></span></span><span style="font-family:Verdana;"> (L.). To address this issue, samples of snails were taken throughout the distribution range of the two taxa in the Dahomey Gap (West Africa) and separated into 112 </span><span><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><i></span><i><span style="font-family:Verdana;">A</span></i><span style="font-family:Verdana;">. </span><i><span style="font-family:Verdana;">achatina</span></i><span style="font-family:Verdana;"></i></span></span><span style="font-family:Verdana;"> and 141 </span><span><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><i></span><i><span style="font-family:Verdana;">A</span></i><span style="font-family:Verdana;">. </span><i><span style="font-family:Verdana;">togoensis</span></i><span style="font-family:Verdana;"></i></span></span><span style="font-family:Verdana;"> according to color of </span></span><span style="font-family:Verdana;">the </span><span style="font-family:Verdana;">columella and parietal wall. Radulae were compared and shell characters of these 2 species were evaluated through </span><span style="font-family:Verdana;">the </span><span style="font-family:""><span style="font-family:Verdana;">traditional morphometric method. The results indicate that the species cannot be distinguished by overall shell size and radular morphology, but they exhibit significant differences in shell shape and meristic traits. The typic

关 键 词：Shell Morphometry Radulae Achatina achatina Achatina togoensis West Africa 

分 类 号：O17[理学—数学]