Ontogeny and morphological variability of shell in populations of Leptinaria unilamellata (d’Orbigny, 1835) (Mollusca, Pulmonata, Subulinidae)

Medeiros, Camilla; Caldeira, Roberta Lima; Mendonça, Cristiane Lafetá Furtado; Carvalho, Omar dos Santos; D’ávila, Sthefane

doi:10.1186/s40064-015-0959-x

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Table 5 Allometric relationships between linear measurements taken from individuals of Leptinaria unilamellata from Juiz de Fora, Cruzília, Barra Mansa and Floriano locations at the age of 180 days

From: Ontogeny and morphological variability of shell in populations of Leptinaria unilamellata (d’Orbigny, 1835) (Mollusca, Pulmonata, Subulinidae)

Locations	Equations	Coefficient of determination	Standard error	Test-t	Allometric relationship
Shell aperture width (AW) and shell width (W)
JF	AW = −0.25 . W^1.12	0.37	0.116	t = 4.03 p = 0.0000	allometry +
FLO	AW = −0.63 . W ^-0.19	0.005	0.0649	t = −0.37 p = 0.7135	allometry -
CR	AW = −0.36 . W ^0.13	0.0076	0.1022	t = 0.46 p = 0.6466	allometry -
BM	AW = 0.26 . W ^0.05	0.0006	0.0519	t = 0.13 p = 0.8949	allometry -
Shell aperture height (AH) and shell width (W)
JF	AH = −0.14 . W^0.73	0.5026	0.0279	t = 5.32 p = 0.0000	allometry -
FLO	AH = −0.21 . W^0.56	0.1708	0.013	t = 2.40 p = 0.0231	allometry -
CR	AH = −0.11 . W^0.74	0.2735	0.0612	t = 3.25 p = 0.0030	allometry -
BM	AH = 0.28 . W^0.32	0.0508	0.028	t = 1.22 p = 0.2312	allometry -
Spire height (SH) and shell width (W)
JF	SH = −0.03 . W^1.10	0.5936	0.0442	6.40 p = 0.0000	allometry +
FLO	SH = −0.09 . W^0.80	0.1904	0.0229	2.57 p = 0.0159	allometry -
CR	SH = −0.18 . W^0.34	0.1716	0.0229	2.41 p = 0.0228	allometry -
BM	SH = 0.18 . W^0.58	0.0708	0.0665	1.46 p = 0.1553	allometry -
Shell height (H) and shell width (W)
JF	H = 0.29 . W^0.82	0.6763	0.0171	7.65 p = 0.0000	allometry -
FLO	H = 0.26 . W^0.69	0.2909	0.0098	3.39 p = 0.0021	allometry -
CR	H = 0.23 . W^0.36	0.3421	0.0102	3.82 p = 0.0007	allometry -
BM	H = 0.78 . W^0.79	0.1037	0.0806	1.80 p = 0.0825	allometry -
Spire height (SH) and shell height (H)
JF	SH = −0.39 . H^1.11	0.6034	0.0432	6.53 p = 0.0000	allometry +
FLO	SH = −0.40 . H^1.27	0.7935	0.0059	10.37 p = 0.0000	allometry +
CR	SH = −0.42 . H^1.05	0.6195	0.0105	6.75 p = 0.0000	allometry +
BM	SH = −0.32 . H^0.68	0.5775	0.0302	6.19 p = 0.0001	allometry -
Shell aperture height (AH) and shell height (H)
JF	AH = −0.37 . H^0.65	0.3886	0.0338	4.31 p = 0.0000	allometry -
FLO	AH = −0.41 . H^0.45	0.1765	0.0129	2.45 p = 0.0208	allometry -
CR	AH = −0.47 . H^1.34	0.3309	0.0564	3.72 p = 0.0009	allometry +
BM	AH = 0.44 . H^0.01	0	0.0295	0.03 p = 0.9754	allometry -

Legend: JF - snails from Juiz de Fora; CR - snails from Cruzília; BM - snails from Barra Mansa; FLO - snails from Floriano.

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