Allopeas gracile (Hutton, 1834)

Gurumayum, S. D., 2021, Mollusca fauna of the campus of Arunachal Pradesh Regional Centre, Zoological Survey of India, Itanagar Wildlife Sanctuary, Arunachal Pradesh, along with two new records, Records of the Zoological Survey of India 121 (2), pp. 225-229 : 226

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https://doi.org/ 10.26515/rzsi/v121/i2/2021/155763

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13186155

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scientific name

Allopeas gracile (Hutton, 1834)
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2. Allopeas gracile (Hutton, 1834) View in CoL

1834. Bulilnus gracile Hutton, J. Asiat. Soc. Beng. , 3: 84: No.5 Bulinus (mithi) gracilis: 93.

2010. Allopeas gracile : Rowson, Warren, Ngereza, ZooKeys, 70: 1-39.

Material examined: ZSI/IV/APRC/M-266(17 exs).

16.xii.2019; ZSI/IV/APRC/M-271(15 exs), 15.vi.2020.

Distribution: Arunachal Pradesh, Common throughout. Elsewhere: A widely distributed species in the whole of Southeast Asia.

Remarks: This species causes considerable damage to various vegetable plants because of its omnivorous feeding habit. The species is invasive as per Invasive Species Compendium (https://www.cabi.org). However, the species could not be termed a significant pest except under restricted circumstances (Capinera, 2017). This species occurs very close to human habitations, on damp walls on potted plants etc.

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