Changes in place names and journal titles -- Systematic synopsis: introduction, glossary, identification keys, checklist -- Systematic synopsis: prosobranchs -- Neritidae -- Hydrocenidae -- Viviparidae -- Ampullariidae (Pilidae) -- Valvatidae -- Littorinidae -- Hydrobiidae: Hydrobiinae, Cochliopinae -- Pomatiopsidae -- Bithyniidae -- Assimineidae -- Thiaridae -- Melanopsidae -- Systematic synopsis: pulmonates -- Ellobiidae -- Acroloxidae -- Lymnaidae -- Ancylidae -- Planorbidae: Planorbinae, Bulininae -- Physidae -- Snails and schistosomes -- Other snail-transmitted parasitic infections -- Biology of Bulinus -- Snail control -- Local snail faunas -- Chemical and physical factors -- Life cycles and populations -- Regions, lakes and rivers: biogeography -- Selected bibliography: identification and distribution -- Index to snail names -- Index to other organism names
Summary
The first edition reviewed freshwater snails for the whole of Africa. This revised edition takes account of advances made in taxonomy and in the understanding of the ecology and distribution of these species and also covers snail-borne parasitic
