Pheromones and Semiochemicals of genus, Polinices (Littorinimorpha: Naticidae)

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Semiochemicals of Genus Polinices

Phylum:	Mollusca
Subphylum:	Conchifera
Class:	Gastropoda
Order:	Littorinimorpha
Family:	Naticidae
Subfamily:	Polinicinae
Tribe:

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Semiochemical(s):

Polinices didyma R�ding

Shiu YC

2003

J. Food Drug Anal.

11:

159

TTX

�Relative ratio of the component�

�(*) indicates that compound is active�

P �Category of the chemical signal

A -	Attractant
Al -	Allomone
K -	Kairomone
P -	Pheromone
Sy -	Synomone�

�Source of the chemical signal

F -	Female
H -	Host (could be of plant or animal origin)
L -	Lure
M -	Male
M&F -	Male and Female
S -	Solider
Q -	Queen
W -	Worker�

�Amount

pg -	Picogram
ng -	Nanogram
�g -	Microgram
mg -	Milligram
g -	Gram�

Chiayi County, Taiwan

Hwang DF

1991a

Toxicon

29:

1019

TTX

�Relative ratio of the component�

�(*) indicates that compound is active�

P �Category of the chemical signal

A -	Attractant
Al -	Allomone
K -	Kairomone
P -	Pheromone
Sy -	Synomone�

�Source of the chemical signal

F -	Female
H -	Host (could be of plant or animal origin)
L -	Lure
M -	Male
M&F -	Male and Female
S -	Solider
Q -	Queen
W -	Worker�

�Amount

pg -	Picogram
ng -	Nanogram
�g -	Microgram
mg -	Milligram
g -	Gram�

Chiching & Tungkang, Pingtung Prefecture, Taiwan

4,9-anhydroTTX

�Relative ratio of the component�

�(*) indicates that compound is active�

�Source of the chemical signal

F -	Female
H -	Host (could be of plant or animal origin)
L -	Lure
M -	Male
M&F -	Male and Female
S -	Solider
Q -	Queen
W -	Worker�

�Amount

pg -	Picogram
ng -	Nanogram
�g -	Microgram
mg -	Milligram
g -	Gram�

Polinices lewisii Gould

Quayle DB

1969

Bull. Fish. Res. Board Can.

168:

STX

�Relative ratio of the component�

�(*) indicates that compound is active�

P �Category of the chemical signal

A -	Attractant
Al -	Allomone
K -	Kairomone
P -	Pheromone
Sy -	Synomone�

�Source of the chemical signal

F -	Female
H -	Host (could be of plant or animal origin)
L -	Lure
M -	Male
M&F -	Male and Female
S -	Solider
Q -	Queen
W -	Worker�

�Amount

pg -	Picogram
ng -	Nanogram
�g -	Microgram
mg -	Milligram
g -	Gram�

Susan Bay, Theodosia Inlet, British Columbia, Canada

Polinices tumidus Swainson

Hwang DF

1991a

Toxicon

29:

1019

TTX

�Relative ratio of the component�

�(*) indicates that compound is active�

P �Category of the chemical signal

A -	Attractant
Al -	Allomone
K -	Kairomone
P -	Pheromone
Sy -	Synomone�

�Source of the chemical signal

F -	Female
H -	Host (could be of plant or animal origin)
L -	Lure
M -	Male
M&F -	Male and Female
S -	Solider
Q -	Queen
W -	Worker�

�Amount

pg -	Picogram
ng -	Nanogram
�g -	Microgram
mg -	Milligram
g -	Gram�

Chiching & Tungkang, Pingtung Prefecture, Taiwan

Reference(s):

Shiu, Y.-C., Lu, Y.-H., Tsai, Y.-H., Chen, S.-K., and Hwang, D.-F. 2003. Occurrence of tetrodotoxin in the causative gastropod Polinices didyma and another gastropod Natica lineata collected from western Taiwan. J. Food Drug Anal. 11:159-163.

Hwang, D.-F., Tai, R.P., Chueh, C.H., Lin, L.C., and Jeng, S.-S. 1991a.Tetrodotoxin and derivatives in several species of the gastropod Naticidae. Toxicon. 29:1019-1024.

Quayle, D.B. 1969. Paralytic shellfish poisoning in British Columbia. Bull. Fish. Res. Board Can. 168:1-83.

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