Greater Bermuda Land Snail :: Poecilozonites bermudensis

Bad at Goodbyes :: Episode 031

On today’s show we learn about the Greater Bermuda Land Snail, a critically endangered mollusk native to the island of Bermuda, in the Atlantic Ocean, roughly 700 miles east of the North American continent.

• (00:05) Intro
• (02:05) Species Information
• (26:41) Citations
• (28:44) Music
• (35:23) Pledge

For more information about the conservation and protection of the Greater Bermuda Land Snail please visit the Bermuda Department of Environment and Natural Resources at https://environment.bm/.

Research for today’s show was compiled from:

• “Bionic Snail Robot Enhanced by Poroelastic Foams Crawls Using Direct and Retrograde Waves.”. Ji, Qinjie & Song, Aiguo. (2023). Soft Robotics. Vol 11. – http://dx.doi.org/10.1089/soro.2023.0077
• Envirotalk v.87 no.1 Spring 2023. Dr. Mark Outerbridge – https://static1.squarespace.com/static/501134e9c4aa430673203999/t/64414a030dc7664ce91691bf/1682000388899/87.1+Spring+2023.pdf
• “An evolutionary microcosm: Pleistocene and recent history of the land snail P. (Poecilozonites) in Bermuda”. Stephen Jay Gould. Bulletin of The Museum of Comparative Zoology, volume 138, issue 7, pages 407-531. 1969 – https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4631797
• “‘Extinct’ Bermuda snail is found in city alleyway”. Simon Jones. The Royal Gazette. Oct 25, 2014 –
• https://www.royalgazette.com/other/news/article/20141025/extinct-bermuda-snail-is-found-in-city-alleyway/
• The Government of Bermuda Department of Environment and Natural Resources – https://environment.bm/
• “Habitat preferences of the Critically Endangered greater Bermuda land snail Poecilozonites bermudensis in the wild.” Copeland A, Hesselberg T. Oryx. Vol 56 No.1 :34-37. – http://doi.org/10.1017/S0030605320000836
• IUCN – https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/77145002/77145257
• PBS Evolution Library – https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/evolution/library/03/5/l_035_01.html
• “Recovery plan for the endemic land snails of Bermuda; Poecilozonites bermudensis and Poecilozonites circumfirmatus.” Outerbridge, Mark & Sarkis, Samia. (May 2019). Institute of Environment and Natural Resources, Bermuda – http://doi.org/10.13140/RG.2.2.18957.79848
• “Reintroduction of the Bermudan snail.” Garcia, Gerardo & Jameson, Tom & Prince, Heather & Flewitt, Amber & Papp, Tamás & Richardson, Adam & Lopez, Javier & Outerbridge, Mark & Ovaska, Kristiina. (2020). BIAZA Field Conservation & Native Species Conference January 2020
• “Tagging and location preferences to inform post-release monitoring of the Greater Bermuda land snail Poecilozonites bermudensis.” Flewitt, A., Williams, L., Preziosi, R., & Garcia, G. (2023). Journal of Zoo and Aquarium Research, Vol 11 No. 3, 345–349. – https://doi.org/10.19227/jzar.v11i3.744
• Wikipedia – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bermuda_land_snail

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