Monoplex keenae ( Beu, 1970 )

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 : 1737

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.1080/00222933.2015.1006703
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4336645
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scientific name	Monoplex keenae ( Beu, 1970 )
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Monoplex keenae ( Beu, 1970)

Description

Keen (1971), Beu (2010).

Distribution

Native to America, from La Paz, Gulf of California ( Mexico) to Galápagos Islands ( Ecuador) ( Beu 2010). In Chile this species has been found only in La Rinconada, Antofagasta Bay (23°28 ʹ S, 70°30 ʹ W), recorded for the first time in the country in 2007 ( Ashton et al. 2008).

Possible mechanism of introduction/Status

Associated to ENSO events/established ( Ashton et al. 2008).

Remarks

Carnivorous species ( Beu 2010). This species is consumed by locals in northern Chile, where it is named caracol perro (= dog snail) ( Ashton et al. 2008). EA, SA.

References

Ashton T, Riascos JM, Pacheco A. 2008. First record of Cymatium keenae Beu, 1970 (Mollusca: Ranellidae) from Antofagasta Bay, northern Chile, in connection with El Nino events. Helgoland Mar Res. 62: 107 - 110.

Beu AG. 1970. The Mollusca of the subgenus Monoplex (family Cymatiidae). T Roy Soc NZ. 11: 225 - 237.

Beu AG. 2010. Neogene tonnoidean gastropods of Tropical and South America: contributions to the Dominican Republic and Panama Paleontology Projects and uplift of the Central American Isthmus. Bull Am Paleontol. 377 - 378: 1 - 550.

Keen AM. 1971. Sea shells of tropical west America: marine Mollusks from Baja California to Peru. Stanford: Stanford University Press.