My Books

This is the first book dedicated exclusively to the land snails of Puerto Rico and adjacent islands. It also includes observations about related species that live in rivers, lagoons and the coast. Land snails make up a zoo group that is extremely vulnerable to environmental changes and habitat reduction and / or loss. To encourage greater knowledge and conservation of this phylum, the fauna of these mollusks is characterized in a simple and readable style, revealing aspects of their morphology, behavior, ecology and distribution, as well as the diversity of sizes, shapes and colors that populate these islands.  By documenting their widespread prevalence –generally unnoted by the untrained eye– this work highlights the existence of this interesting group of shell-making organisms, a property acquired during the evolutionary process.