Current status of the non-indigenous molluscs in Chile, with the first record of Otala punctata (Müller, 1774) (Gastropoda: Helicidae) in the country and new records for Cornu aspersum (Müller, 1774) and Deroceras laeve (Müller, 1774)
Author
Araya, Juan Francisco
Laboratorio de Invertebrados Acuáticos, Departamento de Ecología, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Chile, Ñuñoa, Chile; & Laboratorio de Química Inorgánica, Departamento de Química, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Chile, Ñuñoa, Chile
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Journal of Natural History
2015
2015-02-28
49
29
1731
1761
journal article
21137
10.1080/00222933.2015.1006703
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1464-5262
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Oxychilus cellarius
Müller (1774)
Description
Rigby (1963)
,
Barker (1999)
.
Distribution
Native to western and central Europe and the western Mediterranean, introduced to Scandinavia, North and South America, the
Philippines
,
South Africa
, St Helena,
Australia
and
New Zealand
(
Barker 1999
). In
Chile
this species has been recorded between
30° S
and
45° S
(
Letelier and Ramos 2002
), and in the Juan Fernandez Archipelago (
Stuardo and Vega 1985
). The first record of this species for
Chile
was by
Stuardo and Vega (1985)
.
Possible mechanism of introduction/Status
Human transportation/established (
Cádiz et al. 2013
).
Remarks
Carnivorous species (
Cádiz et al. 2013
). EA, I.