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August 11, 2009
UH
Mânoa Researcher Publishes Assessment of
Potential Invasive Snail and Slugs Pests
in the U.S. (Jul 30, 2009) University
of Hawaii - Mânoa.
A collaborative team led
by a University of Hawai‘i at Mânoa
researcher has published the first assessment
of snail and slug species that are of potential
threat to the nation’s agriculture industry
and the environment, should they ever be
introduced in the U.S. The evaluation of
snails and slugs from around the world was
funded by a grant from the U.S. Department
of Agriculture to UH Mânoa and the American
Malacological Society, and the results
are published in July 2009 article in the American
Malacological Bulletin.
