Deroceras invadens Reise, Hutchinson, Schunack and Schlitt, 2011

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 : 1741

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.1080/00222933.2015.1006703
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4336641
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/933C3E2E-FFEF-FF80-FEEF-01C2FCF252C2
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scientific name	Deroceras invadens Reise, Hutchinson, Schunack and Schlitt, 2011
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Description

Barker (1999), Reise et al. (2011).

Distribution

Palaeartic/Cosmpolitan ( Reise et al. 2011). According to Hutchinson et al. (2014) this species has records in Chile since 1962 (as Deroceras panormitanum Lessona and Pollonera, 1882 ), and it has been recorded in Limache (33°00 ʹ S, 71°23 ʹ W), Santiago (33°24 ʹ S, 70°36 ʹ W), Talagante (33°42 ʹ S, 70°52 ʹ W) and in the Juan Fernández Archipelago.

Possible mechanism of introduction/Status

Human transportation/established.

Remarks

Invasive species ( Hutchinson et al. 2014). EA, IA, I.

References

Barker GM. 1999. Naturalised terrestrial Stylommatophora (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Canterbury: Fauna of New Zealand No. 38.

Hutchinson JMC, Reise H, Robinson DG. 2014. A biography of an invasive terrestrial slug: the spread, distribution and habitat of Deroceras invadens. NeoBiota. 23: 17 - 64.

Reise H, Hutchinson JMC, Schunack S, Schlitt B. 2011. Deroceras panormitanum and congeners from Malta and Sicily, with a redescription of the widespread pest slug as Deroceras invadens n. sp Folia Malacologica. 19: 201 - 223.