Martín Stella Maris

• National University of La Plata

Gastropods are a large and diverse taxonomic group, and South America has an impressive diversity of land snails. However, there are no accurate and complete lists or estimates of native species’ richness in South America. The aim of this work is to evaluate the use of iNaturalist in Argentina for terrestrial gastropods and its potential to contrib...

We studied freshwater snails inhabiting an urban pond in an enclosed private community from the northern Province of Buenos Aires, Argentina for a year and monitored individuals in order to observe parasite emergence. Specimens of the predominant snail species were measured and analyzed histologically to examine possible larval effects on the gonad...

For over 40 years malacologists have been discussing the taxonomical status of Heleobia species, an enigmatic genus from Cochliopidae family (Caenogastropoda: Rissooidea). As with other rissooidean families, the considerable character convergence and the paucity of anatomical synapomorphies has proved to be a problem in resolving cochliopid phyloge...

The species of the genus Drepanotrema, most of them endemic to the Neotropical region, belong to the Planorbidae. Of the nine species of this genus, six are found in Argentina. The present investigation analysed the individual growth of Drepanotrema cimex in Arenalcito pond (34°11’ S, 58°15’ W), Martín García Island Natural Reserve of Multiple Uses...

The species of the genus Drepanotrema, most of them endemic to the Neotropical region, belong to the Planorbidae. Of the nine species of this genus, six are found in Argentina. The present investigation analysed the individual growth of Drepanotrema cimex in Arenalcito pond (34°11' S, 58°15' W), Martín García Island Natural Reserve of Multiple Uses...

The present study provides a list of freshwater molluscs species from the Davidson Stream in the Multiple Use Natural Reserve Guillermo Enrique Hudson, Florencio Varela, Buenos Aires, Argentina. In the survey performed in the months of March, April, and September 2009, 505 specimens were captured. Analysis of the taxocenosis of the molluscs of the...

The present work analyzes the population dynamics of Uncancylus concentricus in natural conditions in the northeastern coastal area of the Multiple Use Natural Reserve Isla Martín García (Beach of Basural), Buenos Aires, Argentina. Martín García Island is located in the Upper Río de La Plata, to the south of the mouth of the Uruguay River (34° 11'...

The Island of Martin Garcia is located in the Upper Río de la Plata, to the south of mouth the Uruguay River. The aim of the present study was to analyse the biodiversity of the island freshwater mollusks and their relationships to environmental variables. Twelve sampling sites were selected, five were along the littoral section of the island and s...

The Island of Martin Garcia lies at the confluence of the Uruguay and Paraná Rivers (upper Río de la Plata). This island is an outcrop of the crystalline basement. Due to basalt exploitation the island exhibits several ponds covered by carpets of free-floating macrophytes. Seven major environmental variables were measured: water and air temperature...

Deroceras reticulatum é uma espécie sinantrópica oriunda da Europa e com grande dispersão na América do Sul. Esta espécie é considerada atualmente praga dos cultivos de semeadura direta de milho, soja, trigo, girassol, alfafa e trevos, entre outros. O presente trabalho tem por objetivo comunicar o primeiro achado do agriolimácido D. reticulatum na...

The present work analyses the individual growth of Heleobia piscium in natural conditions in coastal drainage channels of the Multiple Use Natural Reserve Isla Martín García, Buenos Aires, Argentina. Isla Martín García is located in the Upper Río de la Plata, to the south of the mouth of the Uruguay river (34 degrees 11' 25" S and 58 degrees 15' 38...

The radula of five species of South American Ampullariidae was analysed by Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM) with the purpose of enlarging new studies on the systematic of this family. The studied species were Pomacea canaliculata (Lamarck, 1822), Pomacea scalaris (d'Orbigny, 1835), Pomella (P.) megastoma (Gray, 1847), Asolene (A.) platae (Maton,...

Few studies have dealt with the geographic distribution of freshwater snails in Argentina. The objectives of this study were to: (1) determine species and family richness and diversity patterns; (2) verify if species richness behaves according to Rapoport’s rule; (3) identify and classify species according to their distributions; and (4) identify e...

First record of Heleobia guaranitica (Doering, 1884) (Gastropoda: Cochliopidae) in the multiple use natural reserve ¿Isla Martín García¿. Heleobia guaranitica is recorded for the natural reserve ¿Isla Martín García¿, being its southernmost distribution limit.

BIODIVERSITY OF FRESHWATER MOLLUSKS IN MESOPOTAMIAN REGION, ARGENTINA. Mollusks constitute the second Phyla most numerous in species, after arthropods. The benefits and negative impacts that they produce in human, justify the study of their richness, distribution and diversity in areas of the Argentinean esopotamia, where are important urban center...

An analysis was made of specific richness (S), specific diversity (H), equitability (J), frequency (F), dominance (Dm) and density (D) of the macroinvertebrates associated with the invasive species Limnoperna fortunei (Dunker, 1857), was made. Limnoperna fortunei caused an increase in the specimen number on the rocky environment studied. The speci...

Relevamiento, descripción y análisis de la malacofauna existente en los diferentes cuerpos de agua costeros e internos de los Moluscos de la Reserva de Uso Multiple, Isla Martín Garcia.

Limnoperna fortunei (Dunker, 1857) (Mytilidae), nuevo bivalvo invasor en aguas del Río de la Plata Linmopema fortunei (Dunker, 1857) es originaria de ríos y arroyos de China y del sudeste de Asia (Morton, 1977. Malacologia, 16 (1): 165-182). Se re¬gistra por primera vez en el litoral argentino del Río de la Plata durante el mes de setiembre de 199...