The giant African snail Lissachatina fulica as potential index fossil for the Anthropocene

Ayyagardi, 2017, Evaluation of haplotype diversity of Achatina fulica (Lissachatina) [Bowdich] from Indian sub-continent by means of 16S rDNA sequence and its phylogenetic relationships with other global populations, 3 Biotech., 7, 252, 10.1007/s13205-017-0877-4 Barnosky, 2014, Palaeontological evidence for defining the Anthropocene, Geol. Soc. London Spec. Publ., 395, 149, 10.1144/SP395.6 Bequaert, 1950, Studies in the Achatininae, a group of African land snails, Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool., 105, 1 Bieler, 2000, A case study for the development of an island fauna: recent terrestrial mollusks of Bermuda, Nemouria, 44, 1 Borrero, 2009, Into the Andes: three new introductions of Lissachatina fulica (Gastropoda, Achatinidae) and its potential distribution in South America, Tentacle, 17, 6 Brodie, 2011, Introduced land snails in the Fiji Islands: are there risks involved?, 32 Budha, 2008, The Giant African Land Snail Lissachatina fulica (Bowdich) in Nepal, Malacologist, 45, 19 Cowie, 1998, Patterns of introduction of non-indigenous non-marine snails and slugs in the Hawaiian Islands, Biodivers. Conserv., 7, 349, 10.1023/A:1008881712635 Crutzen, 2002, Geology of mankind, Nature, 415, 23, 10.1038/415023a Crutzen, 2000, The “Anthropocene”, Glob. Change Newslett., 41, 17 de Winter, 1988, Achatina fulica in West Africa, Basteria, 52, 2 Fontanilla, 2014, Restricted genetic variation in populations of Achatina (Lissachatina) fulica outside of East Africa and the Indian Ocean Islands points to the Indian Ocean Islands as the earliest known common source, PLoS One, 9, 10.1371/journal.pone.0105151 Lake, 1991, Red crabs in rain forest, Christmas Island: biotic resistance to invasion by an exotic snail, Oikos, 62, 25, 10.2307/3545442 Lewis, 2015, Defining the Anthropocene, Nature, 519, 171, 10.1038/nature14258 Lowe, 2000 Martínez Escarbassiere, 1997, Nota acerca de la Achatina (Lissachatina) fulica (Bowdich, 1822), peligroso caracol africano (Pulmonata-Achatinidae) introducido en Venezuela, Acta Biol. Venezuelica, 17, 37 Mead, 1961 Mead, 1992, Two giant African land snail species spread to Martinique, French West Indies, Veliger, 35, 74 Monney, 1994, Notable notes on giant African snails, Snail Farming Res., 5, 1 Muniappan, 1987, Biological control of the giant African snail, Achatina fulica Bowdich, in the Maldives, FAO Plant Prot. Bull., 35, 127 Muniappan, 1986, Giant African snail control in Bugsuk island, Philippines, by Platydemus manokwari, Oleagineux, 41, 183 Nolte, 2005, An invasive lineage of sculpins, Cottus sp. (Pisces, Teleostei) in the Rhine with new habitat adaptations has originated from hybridization between old phylogeographic groups, Proc. R. Soc. London B, 272, 2379, 10.1098/rspb.2005.3231 Nurinsiyah, 2016, Native and introduced land snail species as ecological indicators in different land use types in Java, Ecol. Indic., 70, 557, 10.1016/j.ecolind.2016.05.013 Pointier, 1985, Achatina fulica en Polynésie Française. Répartition, caractérisation des populations et conséquences de l’introduction de l’escargot predateur Euglandina rosea en 1982–1983 (Gastropoda, Stylommatophora, Achatinacea), Malakol. Abh., 11, 1 Porinchu, 2017, Biostratigraphic evidence of human modification of high elevation aquatic ecosystems in the Intermountain West of the United States, Anthropocene, 20, 37, 10.1016/j.ancene.2017.08.003 Robinson, 1999, Alien invasions: the effects of the global economy on non-marine gastropod introductions into the United States, Malacologia, 41, 413 Smith, 2013, The onset of the Anthropocene, Anthropocene, 4, 8, 10.1016/j.ancene.2013.05.001 Thiengo, 2007, Rapid spread of an invasive snail in South America: the giant African snail, Achatina fulica, in Brasil, Biol. Invasions, 9, 693, 10.1007/s10530-006-9069-6 Vázquez, 2015, First record of the invasive land snail Achatina (Lissachatina) fulica (Bowdich, 1822) (Gastropoda: Achatinidae), vector of Angiostrongylus cantonensis (Nematoda: Angiostrongylidae) in Havana, Cuba, Moll. Res., 35, 139, 10.1080/13235818.2014.977837 Virgillito, 2015, Situación actual del caracol gigante africano (Achatina fulica) en la Argentina, SNS, 8, 32 Waters, 2016, The Anthropocene is functionally and stratigraphically distinct from the Holocene, Science, 351, 137, 10.1126/science.aad2622 Zalasiewicz, 2016, The geological cycle of plastics and their use as a stratigraphic indicator of the Anthropocene, Anthropocene, 13, 4, 10.1016/j.ancene.2016.01.002 Zalasiewicz, 2017, The Working Group on the Anthropocene: Summary of evidence and interim recommendations, Anthropocene, 19, 55, 10.1016/j.ancene.2017.09.001