Gastrocopta pediculus ( Shuttleworth, 1852 )

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 : 1749-1750

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.1080/00222933.2015.1006703
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4336579
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scientific name	Gastrocopta pediculus ( Shuttleworth, 1852 )
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Gastrocopta pediculus ( Shuttleworth, 1852)

Description

Pilsbry 1916 – 1918.

Distribution

Widely distributed among tropical Pacific islands, probably native to Indonesia and the tropical western Pacific ( Brook et al. 2010). In Chile, this species has been reported only from Easter Island (39°48 ʹ S, 73°14 ʹ W), Región de Valparaiso ( Boyko and Cordeiro 2001).

Possible mechanism of introduction/Status

Human transportation/unestablished ( Boyko and Cordeiro 2001).

Remarks

Detritivore ( Brodie and Barker 2011). UA, I.

References

Boyko C, Cordeiro R. 2001. The terrestrial Mollusca of Easter Island (Gastropoda, Pulmonata). Basteria. 65: 17 - 25.

Brodie GD, Barker GM. 2011. Introduced land snails and slugs in the Fiji Islands: are there risks involved? In: Cr V, Mn C, Towns DR, editors. Island invasives: eradication and Management. Gland: IUCN; p. 32 - 36.

Brook FJ, Walter RK, Craig JA. 2010. Changes in the terrestrial molluscan fauna of Miti' aro, southern Cook Islands. Tuhinga. 21: 75 - 98.

Pilsbry HA. 1916 - 1918. Manual of conchology, second series: Pulmonata, Vol. 24, Pupillidae (Gastrocoptinae). Philadelphia: Conchological Department, Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.

Pilsbry HA. 1918. Manual of Conchology (2, Pulmonata). Philadelphia, Academy of Natural Sciences. Vol. 25. Pupillidae (Gastrocoptinae, Vertiginidae). ix + 401 pp.

Shuttleworth RJ. 1852. Diagnosen einiger neuen Mollusken aus den Canarischen Inseln. Mitt Naturforsch Ges Bern. 241 / 242: 137 - 146.