Lehmannia valentiana ( Férussac, 1823 )

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 : 1742

Lehmannia valentiana ( Férussac, 1823)

Description

Barker (1999), Thomas et al. (2010).

Distribution

Native to the Iberian Peninsula, Europe, now Cosmopolitan ( Thomas et al. 2010). In Chile this species has been found from Valparaíso to Chiloé and in the Juan Fernández Archipelago and Easter Island ( Stuardo and Vega 1985; Boyko and Cordeiro 2001). It was recorded for the first time in the country as Limax arborum Bouchard-Chantereaux, 1837 ( Odhner 1922) .

Possible mechanism of introduction/Status

Human transportation/probably established ( Valdovinos 1999).

Remarks

Herbivore, detritivore, greenhouse pest ( Thomas et al. 2010). EA, I.