Survey and seasonal abundance of land snails species in Assiut governorate
Khalifa, H.A. | Abd El-Gawad, Kh.H. | Mannaa, S.H. | Abd El-Gawad, H.A.
The present study was carried out in Experimental farm at faculty of agriculture, Assiut University and El-wasta village in Assiut Governorate, during the period of 20l0 to 2012. The survey of land snails in these areas show that there were four species from the land snails. The percentage of these species was Moncha obstructa77.58%, Eobania vermiculata, 18.96%, Oxyloma elegans. 2.30%, Lemax sp 1.16%. The study of population density show that the high density in the field crops at EI Wasta village compared with fruit and ornamental farms. On the other side the population in wheat field was low compared with Egyptian clover, this may be due to the preferable of clover as smile food than the wheat. The study of the snails density showed that the high density of the snails during the spring season followed by autumn and the low density was observed during winter and absent during summer season.
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