Potamopyrgus antipodarum ( Gray, 1843 )

Araya, Juan Francisco, 2015, 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), Journal of Natural History 49 (29), pp. 1731-1761 : 1738

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.1080/00222933.2015.1006703
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4336629
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scientific name	Potamopyrgus antipodarum ( Gray, 1843 )
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Potamopyrgus antipodarum ( Gray, 1843)

Description

Collado (2014).

Distribution

Native to New Zealand and its adjacent islands and invasive in North America and Europe ( Winterbourn 1970; Kerans et al. 2005). In Chile this species has been recorded in the city of Santiago in the Parque O’ Higgins (33°28 ′ S, 70°39 ′ W), and Estero La Dehesa (33°22 ′ S, 70°15 ʹ W), and in the city of Salamanca, central Chile, in the Chalinga River (31°46 ′ S, 70°59 ′ W) and in the Estero Consuelo (31°46 ′ S, 70°37 ʹ W) ( Collado 2014).

Possible mechanism of introduction/Status

Unknown/established ( Collado 2014).

Remarks

Generalist species, feeding on aquatic plants, green algae and detritus ( Haynes and Taylor 1984). Invasive, ovoviviparous species. EA, I.

References

Collado GA. 2014. Out of New Zealand: molecular identification of the highly invasive freshwater mollusk Potamopyrgus antipodarum (Gray, 1843) in South America. Zool Stud. 53: 70.

Gray JE. 1843. Catalogue of the species of Mollusca and their shells, which have hitherto been recorded as found at New Zealand, with the description of some lately discovered species. In: Dieffenbach E, editor. Travels in New Zealand; with contributions to the geography, geology, botany, and natural history of that country. Vol. 2. London: John Murray; pp. 228 - 265; iv + 392 p.

Haynes A, Taylor BJR. 1984. Food finding and food preference in Potamopyrgus jenkinsi (E. A. Smith) (Gastropoda: Prosobranchia). Arch Hydrobiol. 100: 479 - 491.

Kerans BL, Dybdahl MF, Gangloff MM, Jannot JE. 2005. Potamopyrgus antipodarum: distribution, density, and effects on native macroinvertebrate assemblages in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem. J N Am Benthol Soc. 24: 123 - 138.

Winterbourn MJ. 1970. The New Zealand species of Potamopyrgus (Gastropoda: Hydrobiidae). Malacologia. 10: 283 - 321.